title: Contemporary issues in operating room care: a critical incident.
abstract: During my training to become an Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) I experienced a situation which could have endangered a patient. I have reflected upon this incident using the Gibbs reflective cycle (see Jasper 2003) to help me analyse how the situation arose, how it could have been prevented and what I can learn from it. During the incident I was undertaking the circulating role in an orthopaedics case.
authors.affiliation: The Association for Perioperative Practice, 42 Freemans Way, Harrogate HG3 1DH. linda.k.ford@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ford
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D009871:Operating Room Nursing; D056888:Patient Positioning; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis