Eva Kajti
Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, Turkey
Title: Evaluation of patient transport’s safety inside the operating theatre and healthcare worker’s experiences
Biography
Biography: Eva Kajti
Abstract
Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the safety of patient’s transportation inside the operating theatre and nurse’s role during transportation and according to healthcare workers experiences bring forward proposals.
Method: This is a cross-sectional descriptive research. The research was performed at Cakmak Erdem Private Hospital between 01/04/2016-30/04/2016. During research time all patients being operated at this operating theatre were chosen as population without sampling. In the operating theatre there are 3 operating rooms, the researcher collected the data observing the transportation process according to established forms. Statistical analyses were performed with IBM SPSS 20.0 (SPSS Inc. Chicago, IL, USA).
Result: Patients age varies between 0-89 years. The median is 41±25 years. 46 different operations were performed. Almost all safety standards were performed, excluding introducing itself (0.0-4.6%) and patient handover (5.9-34.9%). Patients were left alone at a rate of 17.2-35.5%. Healthcare workers complain of personnel shortage (24.0%) and are worried about patients’ transportation (60.0%).
Conclusion: Evaluating transportation of patients according to adverse events and application of safety standards rates is performed in a safety way but nurses don’t play an active role in it.