A protocol for mitigating safety events in a sleep laboratory.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

Polysomnography is a common outpatient procedure and the rate of adverse events is considered low. Due to the emergence and use of home sleep apnea testing, the patient population presenting for in-laboratory testing may have greater medical complexity, suggesting greater risk for in-laboratory adverse events. We believe that there is a greater need for standardized protocols to triage medically vulnerable populations and for formalized training of sleep technicians to respond to safety events.

Methods

The sleep laboratories affiliated with the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center system developed a referral triage protocol for patients undergoing polysomnography and a training protocol for sleep technicians with a formalized response to medical incidents. S

SUBMITTER: Blattner M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8314629 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature