Improvement in Patient Safety through “Irrigation Time-Outs” During TURP Procedures

Authors

B. L. Deiling, DO, Thomas Jefferson University
E. Kilmartin, MD, Thomas Jefferson University
T. L. Kennedy, MD, Thomas Jefferson University

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Description

Objective

During any surgical procedure, clear and standardized communication among surgeons, anesthesiologists and operating room nursing staff is a necessity for all aspects of patient safety. During TURP procedures, the perioperative staff must alert team members of the signs and predictors for the potential of TURP syndrome or NSS overload. The goal of our quality improvement project is to increase communication and diagnostic actions based on irrigation fluid amounts among surgeons, anesthesiologists, and the operating room nurses in order to decrease complications in TURP patients at Jefferson over the next six months.

Publication Date

6-7-2018

City

Philadelphia

Keywords

TURP, irrigation, time out, patient safety

Disciplines

Anesthesiology | Medicine and Health Sciences

Comments

Presented at the 2018 House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference

Recommended Citation

Deiling, DO, B. L.; Kilmartin, MD, E.; and Kennedy, MD, T. L., "Improvement in Patient Safety through “Irrigation Time-Outs” During TURP Procedures" (2018). House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2016-2019). Poster 88.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/patientsafetyposters/88