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Concerns About Verbal Communication in the Operating Room: A Field Study
Ehsan Garosi1, Reza Kalantari2, Ahmad Zanjirani Farahani3
1Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
Human Factors
|July 16, 2019
Summary
Poor verbal communication, including failures, protests, and irrelevant talk, is common in operating rooms, affecting surgical team performance. Addressing these patterns through interventions, planning, and device repair can improve patient safety.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare communication research
- Surgical team dynamics
- Patient safety studies
Background:
- Communication challenges in healthcare settings can negatively impact surgical team performance and patient safety.
- Interrupted information exchange or irrelevant conversations are key indicators of poor communication patterns.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess verbal communication patterns contributing to poor performance among surgical teams in the operating room.
Main Methods:
- A cross-sectional field study involving 54 surgical teams in two Iranian hospitals.
- Direct observation and recording of all verbal communications within the operating room.
- Expert panel assessment of annotated transcripts to identify communication patterns.
Main Results:
- Concerning verbal communication patterns were observed in 63% of surgeries.
- Common patterns included communication failures (17 events), protests (23 events), and irrelevant conversations (164 events).
- Anesthesiologists and circulating nurses exhibited the most concerning communication patterns, influenced by device failures and poor planning.
Conclusions:
- Concerning verbal communication patterns are prevalent in operating rooms.
- Analysis of surgical transcripts aids in identifying these patterns and their root causes.
- Interventions, improved surgical planning, and device maintenance can mitigate these communication issues.
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