J Korean Med Assoc.  2022 Jan;65(1):79-84. 10.5124/jkma.2022.65.1.79.

Doctors’ consciousness on CCTV installation in operating rooms: A survey

• Lim JY
• Lim SM
• Kim KH

• KMID: 2525111
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2022.65.1.79

Abstract

Background
A bill for the mandatory installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) in operating rooms, still likely in breach of the constitution, was approved. When a bill infringing on individuals’ fundamental rights is drafted, alternative means of minimizing the infringement of the offender’s rights should be considered ahead of the draft. To this end, alternatives on the bill identified through the consciousness of the offender would be most realistic and much more effective. Thus, this study examined doctors’ consciousness on the mandatory installation of CCTV in operating rooms, the appropriateness of punishment for members who commit immoral and unethical behaviors, and doctors’ alternative ideas to CCTV installation in operating rooms.
Methods
The online survey was conducted for a week from July 9, 2021, to July 16, 2021, by the Korean Medical Association Doctors News, and 2,345 doctor members responded to the investigation.
Results
According to the survey, the following alternatives to CCTV installation in operating rooms were proposed: strengthening punishment for performing ghost surgery (38.3%), placing cameras at the entrance of the operating room (21.8%), mandatory written consent (pledge) (13.7%) to prevent ghost surgery for medical staff participating in the surgery, promoting self-purification (whistle-blowing) (11.5%), and a biometrics function for entering operating rooms (8.8%).
Conclusion
The revised medical law delegated legislative devices to subordinate statutes for minimizing infringement. Thus, new regulations should be set to reduce infringement of fundamental rights. It is hoped that doctors’ consciousness on new law could be preliminary data to regulate new rules in discussing lower statutes.

Keyword

Operating rooms; Video recording; Legislation and jurisprudence; Physicians; Republic of Korea; 수술실; 영상녹화; 입법 및 법률; 의사; 한국