NPL - personal safety in theatre

RE: NPL - personal safety in theatre

Kim Rathbone — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 21:46:24 GMT

Anaesthetic machine/scavenging, oxygen cylinders, cables on floor, diarthermy units, more than one op going on in theatre, people etc......

RE: NPL - personal safety in theatre

emmaj_davy — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 21:50:25 GMT

Gloves, masks, hats, ensuring cables from monitoring equipment and anaesthetic tubes are not going to cause any (trip / fall) hazards, ensuring there are no leaks from the anaesthetic machine. Assistance with carrying / manoeuvring / lifting patients, being aware of wall mounted monitoring equipment (that you could bang you head on), even hand washing - Think about the things that are a risk to you :)

RE: NPL - personal safety in theatre

Christine Mary Dakin — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 14:34:17 GMT

The important thing to think about is your own safety and the other nursing staffs safety.

I have listed a few task my student used.

a) You could add that you altered the operating table height

b) If there are any spillages then they are clean up in the correct way and the rest of the nursing team are informed (verbally informed and backed up with a wet flood sign)

c) Also that if clippers are used they are placed back correctly and the cord not left to dangle (trip hazard)

d) That sharps are disposed off and any used medication are placed back in the correct place or disposed off (incorrect bin/place).

e) If you have an aggressive patient that the rest off the nursing team are made aware and the correct precautions are taken to handle the patient (muzzles/ Elizabethan collar/ crusher cage)

Hope they help you complete the task.