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- Title
Use of the surgical safety checklist in the operating room: Operating room nurses' perspectives.
- Authors
Kisacik, Oznur Gurlek; Cigerci, Yeliz
- Abstract
Objective: To determine the opinions of operating room nurses towards the Surgical Safety ChecklistTR (SSCTR) and to determine applications for using SSCTR in operating rooms. Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 102 nurses working in the operating rooms of a state hospital and a university hospital in the Afyonkarahisar province. Descriptive statistics method were used for data analysis. Results: It was found that all operating room nurses knew the SSCTR and that they had a positive opinion regarding the necessity of the SSCTR. However, most of the participants stated that the SSCTR was not applied effectively in the operating room. Conclusion: The results obtained from the study show that changes focusing on the development of a culture of patient safety (PS) and team collaboration in operating rooms must be made in order to apply SSCTR consistently and properly.
- Subjects
SURGERY safety measures; OPERATING room nursing; OPERATING rooms; UNIVERSITY hospitals; LISTS; PATIENT safety
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2019, Vol 35, Issue 3, p614
- ISSN
1682-024X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12669/pjms.35.3.29