The effects of a hands-free communication device system in a surgical suite.
This case report describes a qualitative investigation into how a Hands-free Communication Device (HCD) system impacted communication among anesthesia staff in a pediatric surgical suite. The authors recruited a purposive sample that included anesthesiologists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, circulating nurses, a charge nurse, and a postanesthesia care unit nurse. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and observations, then analyzed using a constant comparison approach. The results corroborate and enrich themes [...]
Author(s): Richardson, Joshua E, Shah-Hosseini, Sina, Fiadjoe, John E, Ash, Joan S, Rehman, Mohamed A
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2009.001461