Application of risk management in operating room of primary hospital

Abstract

Objective To investigate the effect of risk management in operating room of primary hospital to prevent risk in surgical nursing.Methods Nursing-related risk event in 1,124 cases of surgery from September 2012 to May 2013 (control group) was retrospectively analyzed to investigate risk factors and countermeasures.Risk management was applied for 1,182 cases of surgery from June 2013 to February 2014 (observation group) to prevent risk in surgical nursing.Incidence of risk event,satisfaction rate of surgeons and risk awareness of nurses were compared between two groups.Results Incidence of nursing-related risk event was 16.10％ in control group,and 5.16％ in observation group; satisfaction rate of surgeons on overall nursing quality was 65.6％ in control group,and 91.7％ in observation group.Before application of risk management,general awareness of risk factors in nurses scored (16.25 ± 1.04),awareness of risk management (15.50 ± 0.93),attitude toward risk management (15.25 ± 1.04) and behavioral intention of risk management (14.75 ± 1.28);after application of risk management,general awareness of risk factors scored (22.00 ± 2.07),awareness of risk management (19.63 ± 2.13),attitude toward risk management (21.37 ± 2.33) and behavioral intention of risk management (21.88 ± 2.30).Conclusion Implementation of risk management in primary hospital can reduce surgical risk and improve quality of surgical nursing. Key words: Risk management; Operating room; Risk prevention