Anesthesia n = 24 | Surgery n = 68 | P-value | |
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Readbacks would significantly reduce verbal communication errors and improve patient safety | 5 (4–5) | 5 (4–5) | 0.10 |
Readbacks are currently being used appropriately by the surgical staff in our hospital | 4 (3.5-4) | 4 (3–4) | 0.77 |
I would attend a short training module on readbacks should the concept be formally implemented | 4 (3–5) | 4 (3–5) | 0.74 |
Readbacks would be helpful in reducing verbal communication errors when … | |||
… a request is made to carry out an important task that has implications on safety of the patient | 5 (4–5) | 5 (4–5) | 0.86 |
… there is a handoff of a surgical patient from the care of one provider to another | 4.5 (4–5) | 4.5 (4–5) | 0.87 |
… used to count and verify surgical instruments and other items | 5 (4–5) | 5 (4–5) | 0.07 |
… there are multiple perioperative tasks | 4 (4–5) | 4.5 (4–5) | 0.86 |
Significant barriers to implementation of readbacks in the perioperative setting include … | |||
… the lack of a general “safety culture” in the surgical department | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–3) | 0.84 |
… the availability of time to perform readback statements | 4 (3–4) | 4 (2–4) | 0.54 |
… general reluctance of parts of the surgical team to use readbacks | 4 (3–4) | 3 (2–4) | 0.07 |
… the amount of training for staff that will be needed to implement readbacks | 2 (2–3) | 3 (2–3) | 0.13 |
… the difficulty in deciding what type of communication should constitute a readback | 4 (2–4) | 4 (2–4) | 0.78 |