07 / Patient-Safety Protocols in Anesthesiology: The greek State of Play

Abstract

Materials and Methods: Questionnaires were distributed via email to all anesthesiologists, registered in the HSA network. Participants had to provide information concerning their age, years of practice, whether they work in the public or private domain, in a secondary or tertiary care facility. They were also requested to declare their commitment to the use of protocols along with their opinion on its functionality, as well as accompanying drawbacks and advantages. Materials and Methods:Questionnaires were distributed via email to all anesthesiologists, registered in the HSA network. Participants had to provide information concerning their age, years of practice, whether they work in the public or private domain, in a secondary or tertiary care facility. They were also requested to declare their commitment to the use of protocols along with their opinion on its functionality, as well as accompanying drawbacks and advantages.Conclusions: Even though our research's sample size is not broad enough to portray the implementation of patient safety anesthesia protocols in Greek hospitals in full extent and detail, one can tell, by inference, that it has noted a rudimental emergence since the issue of the Helsinki Declaration. Nevertheless, progress still remains to be made in terms of compliance to protocols in a routine basis. As is more, this subject ought to be better addressed in the education of the forthcoming generations of anesthetists.