Anne van Dalen

178 I Chapter 6 stickers. On average 44.8% (N=230) was wearing the stickers whilst working in the OT. In 40.8% (n=42), they had put them on the surgical cap and in 59.2% (n=61) on the chest or name badge. Out of the 103 identified subjects in the theatre complex, 17 (16.5%) were surgeons, 29 (28.2%) were OT theatre nurses, 31 (30.1%) were anaesthesia nurses and 15 (14.6%) were medical interns. We found that on average almost half of the OT staff (44.8%, n=103 out of 230 observations) was now wearing the stickers on their surgical cap whilst working in the OT complex. Of this randomly observed sample (n=103), 17 (16.5%) were surgeons, 29 (28.2%) were OT nurses, 31 (30.1%) were anaesthesia nurses and 15 (14.6%) were medical interns. Those who did not want to wear the name stickers commented ‘I am not new’, ‘we do not wear them in an OT where everybody already knows each other’ or ‘it feels like kindergarten’. However, those who did wear them commented ‘it looks silly, but it works’, ‘I feel more part of the team when I am certain that everybody is able to use my name’, ‘I have been working here for 30 years and still do not know everybody’s name’ and ‘it is useful, because especially during stressful situations names are forgotten’. TABLE 2. Number of times the team was introduced preoperatively versus times the names were remembered at the team debriefing. “yes, names were introduced preoperatively” “no, names were not introduced preoperatively” Yes, name was remembered of; P -value* Primary Surgeon (N=73) 59 (94%) 9 (90%) P = 0.67 Assisting Surgeon (N=55) 37 (80%) 8 (80%) P = 1.0 Anaesthesiologist (N=49) 25 (56%) 4 (100%) P = 0.08 Anaesthesiology nurse (N=49) 31 (76%) 6 (75%) P = 0.97 Scrub nurse (N=53) 30 (65%) 4 (57%) P = 0.68 Circulating nurse (N=44) 23 (61%) 6 (100%) P = 0.58 Medical intern (N=48) 16 (38%) 2 (33%) P = 0.82 * Chi-square test