NOISE AS BARRIER TO COMMUNICATION IN OPERATING THEATRES

Noise as barrier to communication in operating theatres



Contents

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION3

Outline of the Study3

Background of the research3

Problem Statement3

Aims and Objectives4

Significance4

Research Question5

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW6

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY8

Research Design8

Literature Search8

Sample9

Instrument (Interview/Questionnaire)9

Data collection9

REFERENCES10



CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Outline of the Study

The outline for this study is to identify the different issues concerning to Noise as barrier to communication in operating theatres.

Background of the research

Sound levels throughout a usual foremost operation were assessed to recognize the major causes of noise in the operating theatre. Although general sound grades were inside the suggested grades for a satisfactory employed environment, blaring intermittent noises of up to 108 dB were emitted from causes for example suckers, "intercoms", and alerts on anesthetic monitoring devices. (Davies 1998 12)

The noisiest time was generally throughout the groundwork time span of the operation; throughout surgery, noise levels were much higher than levels of usual talk between staff. Preferred talk interference levels were often passed which made communication tough and occasionally impossible. Communication and concentration were furthermore disturbed by pointless backdrop conversation. (West 2008 3677)

Problem Statement

This study examines the problems related to sound a level that arises during a typical major operation and different factors that were measured to identify the main sources of noise in the operating theatre. The problem that needs to be discussed is different issues concerning to noise as barrier to communication in operating theatres.

Aims and Objectives

The aim of the study is to initially evaluate the:

To minimize the noise barrier in operation theatres,

Does it require service needs and improvement in the management to control noise,

Is Independence of thought and open- mindedness demonstrates

Significance

Noise ("unwanted sound") is an everyday nuisance which may have deleterious effects on the well-being and work performance of those disclosed to it. (Bonato 2001 745) Operating theatres are as susceptible to noise pollution as other working environments; Shapiro and Balandl in evaluation the noise levels in an operating theatre to those came over on a motorway. Staff and patients in the operating theatre are disclosed to a barrage of sounds, including those made by ventilators, monitoring devices and alarms, suckers, diathermy machines, scavenging systems for anesthetic gases, mechanical and pneumatic tools, heaters, pumps, paging apparatus, "intercoms", telephones, and by the clanging of iron alloy basins, instruments, and trolleys. This cacophony is often expanded by noise from adjacent scrub-up localities, instrument rooms, and sterilizers. (Brown 2007 S643)

Research Question

The main research questions of the study are as follows:

How to minimize the noise in the operation theatres?

What are the factors that need to be concentrated on while reducing noise?

What are the important centralized systems that can be implemented?



CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW

Sound is considered as being noisy only when it is redundant or objectionable, hinders with work jobs, impairs verbal communication, or stops sleep. It is significant to identify that these evaluations are personal and thus disagree between observers. For demonstration, blaring discotheque melodies at a party may be considered as disturbance by an individual who is seeking to doze or study, ...