ArticleJournal of perioperative practice2022
Improving teamwork and communication in the operating room by introducing the theatre cap challenge.
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- [Patient safety in the operating room].Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- The role of communication in the operating theatre: attitudes of anaesthesiology trainees.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Article
- When seconds matter - introducing a surgical salvage strategy by emergency robotic surgery: a review.Patient safety in surgery · 2026Review
- The Impact of Personalised Surgical Caps on Teamwork and Communication in the Operating Room: A Systematic Review.Health science reports · 2025Article
- The frequency and reasons for missed nursing care in Australian perioperative nurses: A national survey.Journal of clinical nursing · 2025Observational
- A comparative study on the cleaning efficacy of a pulsed vacuum cleaning and disinfection device on rigid endoscopic instruments in a hospital setting.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- The Power of The (First) Name: Do name tags for operating room staff improve effective communication and patient safety? A proof-of-concept study from an academic medical center in Germany.Patient safety in surgery · 2024Article
- Call me Ishmael: addressing the white whale of team communication in the operating room with labelled surgical caps at an academic medical centre.BMJ open quality · 2024Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveOne of the steps of the Surgical Safety Checklist is for the team members to introduce themselves. The objective of this study was to implement a tool to help remember and use each other's names and roles in the operating theatre.
methodsThis study was part of a pilot study in which a video and medical data recorder was implemented in one operating theatre and used as a tool for postoperative multidisciplinary debriefings. During these debriefings, name recall was evaluated. Following the implementation of the medical data recorder, this study was started by introducing the theatre cap challenge, meaning the use of name (including role) stickers on the surgical cap in the operating theatre.
findingsIn total, 41% (n = 40 out of 98) of the operating theatre members were able to recall all the names of their team at the team briefings. On average 44.8% (n = 103) was wearing the name sticker.
conclusionsThe time-out stage of the Surgical Safety Checklist might be inadequate for correctly remembering and using your operating theatre team members' names. For this, the theatre cap challenge may help.
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