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The Count Revisited VPNG Strategies for Success Cathy Dean Clinical Support & Development Nurse Alfred Hospital Latrobe Perioperative Course Coordinator
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Objective: Elimination of the RSI
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Session outline Identify strategies to improve count practices and eliminate RSIs and to explore ways that current count practices can be further improved An overview of current count practices Discuss current available studies on counts and RSI Identify future directions in using research to prevent RSIs Improved team communication as a tool in RSI prevention Technological adjuncts and their role in preventing RSIs Data collection as a tool to identify trends and emerging patterns in RSIs Using research findings on trends and patterns to inform practice Toward the future
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Current count practices ACORN standards: detail the minimum standards for management of accountable items Standardized system designed to reduce risk of RSI ACORN standards; Local guidelines and State/Territory policies and guidelines Apply to all members of the surgical team Scrub & Scouts have the primary responsibility for the management of the count procedure but the surgeon has a significant role.
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Count practices Well established formalised process Core responsibility of the perioperative nurse Consumables are counted but ACORN do provide leeway on individual facility requirements in the counting of some items. ACORN standards do require all instruments are counted and reconciled against the tray lists Variations in what is counted Variations in process documentation Individual hospital guidelines on the counting of instruments and instrument trays
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Counting of all Instruments
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So how do RSIs occur? Multiple cases Multiple teams Poor team communication – respect and action; unknown to each other Fatigue Lack of handover process Rushed or incomplete count practices New equipment and procedures Unfamiliar with procedure or instrument sets
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Literature Case reports clinical series & opinions Little quantative research insight into RSI risk factors to date What contributes to the RSI risk profile ? Identification of clinically important differences not agreed on within the literature. Surgeon perspective and circular in nature. Limited findings or recommendations that inform practice
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Questions asked Body mass index Emergency procedures Blood loss Nursing staff change over After hours Lack of counts or no counts ….what has been extracted? ….a surgical trainee in the OR ??
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The Perioperative Nurse How do we prevent RSIs? Asking the questions Collecting the data
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Data Understanding the issues through data Risk Watch – Victoria Global risk watch : data Transparent reporting Agreed terminology In form our practice in a clear way that can be linked into our everyday practice.
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Communication RSIs are rare events …never events Team communication Human factors Surgical safety checklist & time out Achieving the level playing field with equal and respectful communication
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Risk watch 2004-2014 Retained curette laparoscopic surgery Disposable verres needle sheath A retained pack in a laparotomy case Raytec gauze hip replacement Retained pack – vaginally Artery forceps Measuring pins Fractured guide wires
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Preventing RSIs Good systems; good communication High functioning teams training programs in communication Formal Human factors training Standardised practices Data informing practice quickly and effectively Adoption of adjunct technologies that seamlessly achieve high confidence levels in reconciling the count.
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Technological adjuncts Reducing the incidence of RSIs Query an added layer of complexity
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RFI for RSIs Packs & Raytec Disposable trocars and sheaths Instrumentation Reliable detectors for all items Enjoying confidence that no thing is left behind
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Safety Programs National Safety Standards Board to ward approach Strategies based on emerging trends Inform practice Adopt strategies quickly
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Complex Surgery complex counts Complex environment
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Communication Complex environment Knowing the team Pause & introduction WHO – white board Understand the plan All team members understanding the count To hear and to act
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Getting it Right together
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Strategies for success Realising the RSI as a never event? Teaching communication Ongoing communication support within the interdisciplinary team Board to ward Equal and respectful Data to inform practice and practice change Adjunct technological aids to enhance safety and eliminates RSIs
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References ACORN standards 2014-2015 Australian Institute of Health and welfare Canberra, Sentinel events in Australian public hospitals 2004-05. July 2007. Boyd, C., & Lottenberg, L., (2015) Preventing Retained Surgical Sponges: clinical and Economic Considerations. General Surgery News (2015). http://www.globalpatientsafetyalerts.com/English/ContributingOrganizations/ Pages/default.aspx http://www.globalpatientsafetyalerts.com/English/ContributingOrganizations/ Pages/default.aspx Copeland, A., Retained surgical sponge (gossypimboma) and other retained surgical items: Prevention and Management. www.uptodate.com (2015)www.uptodate.com Feldman, D., Prevention of Retained Surgical Items., Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine (2011) 78: 865-871. Hariharan, D., & Lobo, D., Retained surgical sponges, needles and instruments. Ann R Coll Surg Engl (2013) 95: 87-92. Hicks, C., Rosen, M., Hobson, D., Ko, C., & Wick, E., Improving safety and Quality of Care With Enhanced Teamwork Through Operating Room Briefings, JAMA Surg (2014) 149 (8): 863-868. Ivory, K., Listen, hear, act: challenging medicine’s culture of bad behaviour. MJA. (2015) 202 (11) McDonald, I., Human Behavior behind most surgical errors (2015) http://www.fiecehealthcare.com/story/johns-hopkins-mayo-clinic-causes- surgical-errors-never-events/2015-06-09 http://www.fiecehealthcare.com/story/johns-hopkins-mayo-clinic-causes- surgical-errors-never-events/2015-06-09 Mehtsun, W., Ibrahim, A., Diener-West, M., Pronovost, P., & Makary, M., Surgical Never Events in the United States. Surgery (2013) volume 153 (4). Moffatt-Bruce, S., Cook, C., Stienberg, S., & Stawicki, S., Risk factors for retained surgical items: a meta-analysis and proposed risk stratification system., Journal of Surgical Research 190 (2014) 429-436
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References cont. Orosco, R., Talamini, J., Chang, D., & Talamini, M. Surgical Malpractice in the United States. J Am Coll Surg (2012) 215: 480-488. Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory, Beyond the Count: Preventing retention of Foreign Objects. Vol 6 No 2 June 2009. http://health.vic.gov.au/clinrisk/sentinel/index.htm : Risk Watch News letters Rupp, C. et.al. Effectiveness of a Radiofrequency Detection System as an Adjunct to Manual Handling Protocols for Tracking Surgical Sponges: A Prospective Trial of 2,285 Patients. J Am Coll Surg (2012;215:524-533 State Government Victoria, Department of Health, Supporting patient safety Sentinel event program Annual report 2011-12 and 2012-13. Stawicki, S., et.al., Natural history of retained surgical items support the need for team training, early recognition, and prompt retrieval. The American Journal of Surgery (2014) 208, 65-72. Stawicki, S., et.al. Retained Surgical Items: A Problem Yet to be Solved. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 15-22. Steelman, V., Graling, P., & Perkhounkova, Y., Priority Patient Safety Issues Identified by Perioperative Nurses. AORN Journal (2013) Vol 97 No 4. The Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert, Preventing unintended retained foreign objects. Issue 51 October 17, 2013. Williams, T., Tung, D., Steelman, V., Chang, P., & Szekendi, M., Retained Surgical Sponges: Findings from Incident Reports and a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Radiofrequency Technology. J Am Coll Surg (2014) 219:354-364.
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