Ep 166: How Elevated Ambient Noise in the OR Impacts Health & Safety
Beyond The Mask: Innovation & Opportunities For CRNAs · Jeremy Stanley
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Show Notes
It’s something outside people might never think about but ambient noise can have a direct impact on the health of CRNAs and the safety of the patients. Many people working in operating rooms don’t realize the effect that elevated noise levels can have and there might be different reasons for that. But we wanted to bring Marianne Cosgrove, CRNA, DNAP, APRN, PhD, onto the show to tell us more about the research she’s done in this area and what she’s found.
Read more: http://beyondthemaskpodcast.com
About our guest: https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/marianne_cosgrove/
Get the CE certificate here: https://beyondthemaskpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Beyond-the-Mask-CE-Cert-FILLABLE.pdf
What we discuss in this episode:
2:06 – Welcome in our guest today
4:15 – Where did this interest come from?
6:45 – Sharon’s background in this subject
7:56 – Her study
13:27– Sound levels in the OR
15:43 – Return on the surveys
18:35 – Other survey findings
20:00 – Other contributors to the noise
22:42 – CRNAs reaction to this
26:41 – Patient safety
29:54 – How to mitigate the noise
34:44 – Lightning Round