Patient¿s mother repeated entry/exits into room interrupted treatment device troubleshooting by causing staff to stop troubleshooting so that patient could enter/exit the room.Patient was experiencing high % trach leak causing desaturation and experiencing tablo treatment tubing obstruction causing interruption of hd.Repeated entry and exit into patient's room while troubleshooting devices could have caused patient deterioration related to device issues and/or dislodging of iv/airway equipment from moving devices to let mother in and out.Since mother voluntarily left room while issues were actively being troubleshooted, staff asked that patient mother await outside of unit upon trying to reenter while the issues with patient devices were addressed and solved and patient became stable.Visitor should receive instruction on the potential safety issues caused by repeated exit/entry during staff troubleshooting and during patient deterioration.
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