Presentation
28. A Novel Checklist Approach to Reduce Time Under Anesthesia in Neurosurgery
SessionPoster Session 1
DescriptionBackground: Neurosurgical procedures require meticulous preparation, including extra measures to ensure patient safety and the appropriate setup of the operating room.
Methods: Data was collected at four specific time intervals related to the process of 30 neurosurgery procedures.
Results: 30 random observations show the bottleneck being anesthesia induction complete to the surgeon's first cut which accounts for 50% of times greater than the average time (mean 33 minutes, n=30). Minimizing the duration of anesthesia from anesthesia induction complete to surgeon first cut reduces risks, improves patient care and patient satisfaction, ensures a seamless flow of activities, and minimizes the variability in neurosurgical operating time.
Conclusions: The paper provides a conceptual novel checklist that provides a modular approach and completion of all steps in a phase reduces the variability of error to the next phase. This approach eventually reduces the patient's time under anesthesia.
Methods: Data was collected at four specific time intervals related to the process of 30 neurosurgery procedures.
Results: 30 random observations show the bottleneck being anesthesia induction complete to the surgeon's first cut which accounts for 50% of times greater than the average time (mean 33 minutes, n=30). Minimizing the duration of anesthesia from anesthesia induction complete to surgeon first cut reduces risks, improves patient care and patient satisfaction, ensures a seamless flow of activities, and minimizes the variability in neurosurgical operating time.
Conclusions: The paper provides a conceptual novel checklist that provides a modular approach and completion of all steps in a phase reduces the variability of error to the next phase. This approach eventually reduces the patient's time under anesthesia.
Event Type
Poster
TimeWednesday, September 11th5:30pm - 6:30pm MST
LocationMcArthur Ballroom
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