Surgical Headlight Survey

Dear Surgeon,

Thank you for taking the time to fill out the survey. As part of an ongoing improvement process for surgical safety, the Lifebox Foundation is working to develop a robust, durable, low cost surgical headlight for use in low resource settings. We would be incredibly helpful to obtain your insight on the current state of surgical lighting in lower resource settings and how the headlight could be best designed. Thank you in advance for your help and participation.

Warm regards

Jared Forrester, MD
Lifebox Fellow
General Surgery Resident
Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA USA
jared@lifebox.org

Nick Boyd, MD
Lifebox Fellow
Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
drnickboyd@gmail.com

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* 1. Which of these best describes your hospital?
If you work in many hospitals, please complete for the hospital where you work the most. If you are a visiting surgeon, please complete for the main hospital you visit. 

Please answer all the following questions based on this hospital

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* 2. Overall, how would you rate the quality of the lighting in your operating theatre?
By quality, we mean the ability to consistently illuminate the surgical field

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* 3. How often do you experience main electricity power failures while operating?

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* 4. Does your facility have a backup generator?

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* 5. What do you do in your operating theatre when there is a main power failure?
(check all that apply)

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* 6. Do you ever delay or cancel operations due to poor lighting?

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* 7. Do you use a surgical headlight for operating?

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* 8. What 5 features would be most important to you for a surgical headlight?
Please select 5 options from the 10 available

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* 9. How much would you spend on a high quality headlight with the above features, in USD ($)?

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* 10. What do you see as the main barrier(s) for having a surgical headlight?
(check all that apply)

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* 11. In general, does the quality of surgical lighting impact the safety for your patients?
By quality, we mean the ability to consistently illuminate the surgical field

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* 12. Do you know of a patient who has come to harm because of poor lighting? (eg. during a power failure)
This can be a patient of yours or a case you heard about

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* 13. What country do you work in?
Please complete for the hospital you referred to in question 1

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* 14. Are you permanently based here or a visiting surgeon?

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* 15. What surgical speciality do you practice?
Please choose one that BEST describes your practice

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* 16. What is your email address? (optional)

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* 17. Would you like to be included on the Lifebox mailing list to receive updates on this and other projects?

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* 18. Any other comments you would like to add?

Respondents agree to anonymous use of responses in scoping provision of a Lifebox headlight device for surgeons, and to presentation and/or publication of the results where appropriate. No individual will be identified as part of this survey.

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