Operating room professionals' attitudes towards patient safety and the influencing factors.

Pinar Ongun,Seyda Seren Intepeler

doi:10.12669/pjms.335.13615

Abstract

Objective:To determine operating room professionals’attitudes towards patient safety and the influencing factors.Methods:This study was conducted in research hospitals in Izmir, Turkey using descriptive, cross-sectional and correlation research designs. The sample of this study consisted of 477 individuals including nurses, physicians and anesthesia technicians. Data were collected using the Sociodemographic and Working Characteristics Form and the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire. Descriptive statistics method, and Pearson’s correlation and the multiple regression models were used for data analysis.Results:Operating room professionals’ attitudes towards patient safety were at moderate levels. Regarding the influencing factors, team cooperation obtained the highest score, whereas stress recognition obtained the lowest score. As a result of the regression analysis, age, male gender and receiving patient safety training explains 15.4% of the professionals’ safety attitudes.Conclusions:Receiving patient safety training was found to be the most important variable of all.

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The most significant developments related to patient safety began to take shape following the publication of the “To Err is Human” report by the Institute of Medicine and the dramatic results on the patient safety have been obtained.[1,2] The fact1
It was reported by 67.7% of the participants that no orientation program had been administered when they first started to work in the operating rooms (OR), and 58.5% stated that no regular in-service
Similar to the other studies, the current study indicated that operating room professionals’ attitudes towards patient safety were found to be at the moderate level.[13,15]

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The most significant developments related to patient safety began to take shape following the publication of the “To Err is Human” report by the Institute of Medicine and the dramatic results on the patient safety have been obtained.[1,2] The fact. 1. Pinar Ongun, M.Sc. Research Assistant, Istanbul Aydin University Emergency and First Aid Program, Istanbul, Turkey. Associate Professor, Department of Nursing Management, Nursing Faculty, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

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