Nurse’s perioperative care errors and related factors in the operating room
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Jaber Zabihirad 1, Soheila Mojdeh 2 * , Mohsen Shahriari 3
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1 MSc student in Operating room, Student Research Committee, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran2 MSc in Nursing, Ulcer Repair Research Center, Department of Operating Room, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran3 Associate Professor, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Adult Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan, Iran* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Introduction:
Surgical cares are one of the most complex and costly health care services and optimizing them should be prioritized. Medical error as an adverse event can be considered as a threat to the safety of the patients. The revelation of errors is recognized as the basis for maintaining and improving the safety of patients; consequently, the present study aimed to investigate pre-, intra- and postoperative care errors in the operating rooms and their related factors.

Method:
This descriptive-analytic study was conducted in the operating rooms of selected hospitals of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. The research instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire including demographic information, errors perioperative care and effective factors on these sorts of medical cares. Data were entered into SPSS software and analyzed by statistical tests.

Findings:
The mean error in the perioperative care was 25.33%, the highest error rate was related to preoperative care (31%) and then the error in postoperative care (25.24%) and the lowest level of error rate was seen in line with intraoperative care (20.75%); the results showed that the most effective factor in the occurrence of care errors in the operating room were environmental and structural factors (80.25%), then individual factors (75.27%) and management factors (61.75%).

Conclusion:
Regarding the lesser intraoperative cares error, it can be concluded that nurses are more focused on surgical procedures and surgical principles in line with the operation and are more likely to play a role of the assistant surgeon in the operating room and pay less attention to nursing care before and after the operation.

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Article Type: Original Article

ELECTRON J GEN MED, Volume 16, Issue 2, April 2019, Article No: em132

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/94220

Publication date: 22 Apr 2019

Online publication date: 12 Aug 2018

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