Systems, safety, and anaesthesia outside the operating room

Craig S Webster

doi:10.1016/j.bja.2023.06.055

Systems, safety, and anaesthesia outside the operating room

Br J Anaesth. 2023 Sep;131(3):432-434. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.06.055. Epub 2023 Jul 11.

Author

Craig S Webster¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology, and Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. Electronic address: c.webster@auckland.ac.nz.

PMID: 37442727
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.06.055

Abstract

An increasing number of patients are receiving sedation or anaesthesia in locations outside of the operating room. Compared with the operating room, anaesthesia providers working in a non-operating room anaesthesia (NORA) location report significantly lower perceived levels of safety, and higher levels of anxiety, stress, and workload. These results are likely to affect the well-being of staff in NORA locations and are clinically relevant in terms of patient safety.

Keywords: MRI; NORA; complications; patient safety; sedation; system redesign.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Anesthesia* / adverse effects
Anesthesia* / methods
Anesthesiology*
Anxiety
Humans
Operating Rooms
Patient Safety