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Table 2 Surgical team members’ experiences with near misses in the operating room

From: A survey of surgical team members’ perceptions of near misses and attitudes towards Time Out protocols

 

Surgical team members’ profession

  

Experiences with:

Anaesthetist

NA

Surgeon

OR Nurse

Total

 

(n = 50)

(n = 66)

(n = 91)

(n = 68)

(N = 275)

 

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

P-

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

valuea

Wrong patient in OR

14

(28)

36

(72)

13

(20)

53

(80)

11

(12)

80

(88)

13

(19)

55

(81)

51

(19)

224

(81)

0.136

Uncertain of patient identity

31

(62)

19

(38)

30

(46)

36

(54)

21

(23)

70

(77)

23

(34)

45

(66)

105

(38)

160

(62)

<0.001

Prepared for another procedure

26

(52)

24

(48)

42

(64)

24

(36)

49

(54)

42

(46)

47

(69)

21

(31)

154

(60)

111

(40)

<0.001

Uncertain of correct site

46

(92)

4

(8)

58

(88)

8

(12)

53

(58)

38

(42)

65

(96)

3

(4)

222

(81)

53

(19)

<0.001

Wrong positioning of patient

21

(42)

29

(58)

31

(47)

35

(53)

32

(35)

59

(65)

35

(52)

33

(48)

119

(43)

156

(57)

0.197

  1. Abbreviations: NA Nurse anaesthetist, OR Operating room.
  2. aP-value based on Pearson’s chi-squared test.
  3. Surgical team members’ experiences with near misses in the operating room (wrong patient, uncertainty about correct patient and correct site, preparing for wrong procedure and positioning) at Haukeland University Hospital, Norway, 2009.