EVALUATING COMPLIANCE TO WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SURGICAL SAFETY CHECK LIST IN OPERATING ROOM | ||
| Mansoura Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 8, Volume 7, Issue 2, July 2020, Pages 115-124 PDF (341.36 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mnj.2020.179771 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Sara Noaman1; Hanan Soliman2; Amira Hasaneen2 | ||
| 1Damietta cancer institute | ||
| 2Medical Surgical Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: The Surgical safety check list is an inexpensive tool capable of shifting the hierarchical culture in the operating room and fostering patient safety attitudes Aim of the study:The present study aimed to: 1) Evaluate compliance to World Health Organization surgical safety check list in operating room in selected setting, 2) To determine barriers of compliance to World Health Organization surgical safety check list (WHO SSC) in selected hospital. Method:Descriptive Comparative design was utilized to attain the aim of the present study. Sample: Convenience sample from all available health care workers in operating room including 107 surgeons, 51 anesthesiologists and 120 nurses. Was collected with using tool consisted of two tools: Tool I: Part 1) Demographic characteristics, Part II)Barriers of compliance to world health organization Surgical Safety Checklist.Tool II: Compliance to world health organization surgical safety check list. Reliability:The reliability test was made by Cranach Alfa = 0.818for clarify and applicability. Results: Thestudy revealed that, there were statistically significant differences regarding sign in for both nurses and anesthetists. Also, a strong statistically significant difference was found regarding total score of both sign in and time out in two hospitals. Mostly (83.3%) of the health care workers reported that lack of training about SSC is the greatest barrier found.Conclusion:Majority of the health care workers reported that lack of training about Surgical Safety Check list was the greatest barrier found, There was no statistically significant difference between the two hospitals as regard compliance to world health organization surgical safety in “time out “ and sign out . Recommendations: applying surgical safety check list in operating room including surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Barriers; Compliance; Surgical safety check list | ||
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