Surgical team members’ profession | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |