Ep 166: How Elevated Ambient Noise in the OR Impacts Health & Safety

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