Please contact Dr. Works (keworks@fsu.eu) for additional help: Submission navigation links for Research Symposium Program Portal WF ‹ Previous submission Next submission › Submission information Submission Number: 267 Submission ID: 9147 Submission UUID: 618f4035-61e7-4fcd-bd43-ad7a6f7aace8 Submission URI: /student-research/symposium/research-symposium-program-portal Submission Update: /student-research/symposium/research-symposium-program-portal?token=ZEzg80ckztyRemmol8SjpAdbTcsHQjZJVY7zP9buACo Created: Thu, 03/19/2026 - 07:30 PM Completed: Thu, 03/19/2026 - 08:03 PM Changed: Fri, 04/10/2026 - 03:18 PM Remote IP address: 46.110.208.90 Submitted by: Anonymous Language: English Is draft: No Webform: Research Symposium Program Portal WF Submitted to: Student Research Symposium Program Portal Primary Student Contact First Name Primary Student Contact Last Name Pronouns Primary Student Contact FSU Student Email Photo of all individuals presenting this work Side_by_Side_Photos.png1.48 MB Remove Upload requirementsOne file only.2 MB limit. Major(s) of all individuals presenting this work Bio of all individuals presenting this work Dustin R. Gunther, a native is Goreville, Illinois, is a Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice candidate at Florida State University. He earned his BSN from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. His interests include advanced anesthesia practice with a focus in patient safety and improvement to OR efficiency. Antoine M. Gavin, a native of Quincy, Florida, is a Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice candidate at Florida State University. He earned his BSN and MSN from Florida A&M University. His interests include advanced anesthesia practice and patient safety, with career and research goals focused on excellence in clinical anesthesia and improving perioperative outcomes. Poster Title Abstract The use of neuromuscular blockade (NMB) is utilized frequently in many anesthetics. At the conclusion of the surgical procedure, reversal of these neuromuscular blocking agents is often required. The use of steroidal-based NMB agents allows for reversal with multiple different agents, with the most common agents being sugammadex or neostigmine co-administered with glycopyrrolate. Sugammadex is often recommended as the first line reversal agent for steroidal-based NMB, however some facilities limit its use due to its expense. While sugammadex remains an expensive drug at most facilities, its use has the potential to decrease operating room turnover time and preserve patient safety. The purpose of this project is to provide quality improvement by educating the anesthesia staff of a level III trauma center and acute-care hospital in Northern Florida on the reduction of operating room time seen with the use of sugammadex over neostigmine co-administered with glycopyrrolate. The follow PICO quest was used to search two databases: Do patients that receive neuromuscular blockade (P) who are reversed with sugammadex (I) compared to those reversed with neostigmine (C) experience less overall operating room time (O)? The results of this search were presented to the anesthesia staff as a poster. The use of both sugammadex and neostigmine was measured one week before and after the educational intervention by providing pre and post education surveys to the anesthesia staff. The results of this quality improvement study found no significant difference in sugammadex usage after educational intervention. Research Mentor Name Research Mentor's College (or High School) Research Mentor's Department (or Subject) Research Mentor's Email Additional Research Mentor(s) Co-presenter(s) Keywords Poster Session/Number Work Complete Exploratory (the research question has been identified and design of approach is outlined) Presentation Modality Face to Face Poster session Synchronous Online Presentation Asynchronous Online Presentation Poster PDF or Powerpoint Sugammadex vs. Neostigmine in Overall Operating Room Time Posterboard (1).pdf312.71 KB Remove Upload requirementsOne file only.100 MB limit. Poster Thumbnail Screenshot 2026-03-19 193333.png522.24 KB Remove Upload requirementsOne file only.2 MB limit. I will be printing my poster CAPTCHA What code is in the image? Enter the characters shown in the image. This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions. Save Leave this field blank
