TY - JOUR
T1 - Response to a partial power failure in the operating room
AU - Carpenter, Tammy
AU - Robinson, Stephen T.
PY - 2010/6
Y1 - 2010/6
N2 - Failure of the power supply to the operating suites is a rare event. When it happens, it is critical that the care team responds in a way that optimizes patient safety. In the event we describe in this case report, only the emergency (red) power outlets failed. The anesthesia care team and other staff in the 8 affected rooms with anesthetized patients generally responded appropriately. The optimal response to these events is not necessarily intuitive. It is important to have advanced planning both within the immediate work area and beyond the operating room all the way into the hospital infrastructure.
AB - Failure of the power supply to the operating suites is a rare event. When it happens, it is critical that the care team responds in a way that optimizes patient safety. In the event we describe in this case report, only the emergency (red) power outlets failed. The anesthesia care team and other staff in the 8 affected rooms with anesthetized patients generally responded appropriately. The optimal response to these events is not necessarily intuitive. It is important to have advanced planning both within the immediate work area and beyond the operating room all the way into the hospital infrastructure.
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U2 - 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181c84c94
DO - 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181c84c94
M3 - Article
C2 - 20008912
AN - SCOPUS:77953189067
SN - 0003-2999
VL - 110
SP - 1644
EP - 1646
JO - Anesthesia and analgesia
JF - Anesthesia and analgesia
IS - 6
ER -