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Abstract
Patient safety is the absence of preventable harm to a patient during the process of health care and reduction of risk of unnecessary harm associated with health care to an acceptable minimum. It is a foundamental principle of quality in health care and should be given prime importance by the healthcare fraternity. (Rau, 2015).
Improving patient safety in operating room is an increasing priority for operating room team and hospitals as sentinel events can be catastrophic for patients, caregivers, and institutions to protect and minimize the damage to the patient while doing an invasive procedure in the operating room (Yaldez,et al., 2013).
The operating room nurses have an important role in the caring of patients undergoing surgery to prevent hazards that may occur and maintain patient safety. This beneficial role may not be achieved unless these nurses follow professionalism. This includes; demonstrates punctuality, maintaining good attendance records, adhering to codes and standards of operating room. Nurses should be aware of personal limitations and open to constructive criticism, constantly seeking to improve and maintain positive attitude (Willassen,et al., 2018).
Aim of the study:
The study aimed to assess nurses’ performance regarding patient safety in operating room through; assessing nurses’ level of knowledge regarding patient safety in the operating room, assessing nurses’ level of practice regarding patient safety in the operating room and assessing nurses’ attitude regarding patient safety in the operating room.
Research questions:
What are the nurses ’ performance regarding patient safety in operating room?
Research design:
A descriptive research design was utilized to meet the aim of the study.
Research setting:
The study was carried out in the General operating rooms at Zagazig university hospital.
Subjects:
A purposive sample include all available nurses working in general operating room, (50 nurses)at zagazig university hospital and agree to participate were recruited in this study.
Tools for data collection:-
Three tools were used to collect data of the study as following:-
1. Nurses’ self-administered questionnaire: it was consisted of two parts:
- Demographic characteristic of nurses under the study.
- Nurses’ level of knowledge regarding patient safety in operating room.
2. Nurses’ level of practice observational checklists: to assess nurses’ practice regarding patient safety in operating room.
3. Nurses’ attitude likert scale : to assess nurses’
attitude regarding patient safety in operating room.
Results:
The main result of the study revealed that:
• As regard the total level of nurses’ knowledge about all aspects of patient safety in operating room, the result showed that 74% of total studied nurses had unsatisfactory level of knowledge regarding patient safety in operating room.
• Concerning total nurses’ practices regarding patient safety in operating room, the result showed that 54% of studied nurses had unsatisfactory practice regarding patient safety in operating room
• Concerning total nurses’ level of attitude regarding patient safety in operating room, the result showed that 96% of studied nurses had positive attitude regarding patient safety in operating room