Test of Excessive Anesthetic Fresh Gas Flow Alerting in the Electronic Medical Record to Reduce Excessive Fresh Gas Flow

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Anesthesia
• Interventions: Behavioral: Alert

• Registration Number: NCT06138626
• Lead Sponsor: Stanford University

Brief Summary

The primary objective of this quality improvement intervention is to test the efficacy of excessive fresh gas flow alerting in the electronic medical record for anesthesia providers.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-11-09
• Study Start: 2023-11-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-11-15
• Study First Posted: 2023-11-18
• Primary Completion: 2024-06-19
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-05-21
• Last Update Posted: 2025-05-22
• Study Completion: 2025-12-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• Anesthesia provider using electronic medical record at study site

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Alert active	Alert	Anesthesia provider will see alert when fresh gas flow is excessive

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mean change in average fresh gas flow from baseline at 90 days	Baseline, day 90	Mean change in average total fresh gas flow, in liters per minute as recorded in the electronic medical record, when administering sevoflurane, averaged over 1 week at baseline and over 1 week at 90 days

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Stanford University; 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States