THE LEVEL OF INJECTION SAFETY STANDARDS COMPLIANCE BY EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT NURSES OF EDUCATIONAL HOSPITALS IN URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE IN 2015

Safety is a fundamental principle of patient care. The use of safe injection
practices by nurses to maintain patients' and healthcare providers' safety and to prevent transmission of
blood-borne diseases is of particular importance.
Materials & Methods: This study aims to determine the level of injection-safety standards complied by
the Nurses of Educational Centers Emergency Departments in Urmia University of Medical Sciences.
In this cross-sectional descriptive study, 210 injections administered by nurses in emergency
departments' of selected hospitals of Urmia University of Medical Science were observed in succession.
The data were collected by a demographics questionnaire and observational checklist of safe injection
standards. The data were analyzed using SPSS software, and they were reported in the tables.
Results: In a piecemeal approach, the findings showed that, the level of injection-safety standards
complied by nurses before injection, were relatively favorable (84/8%) in most injections. In 15.2% of
the injections, it was reported to be favorable, and there were no unfavorable injection. During the
injection stage, most injections (87/6%) were in the favorable range, 11% of injections were relatively
favorable and only 1/4% of injections were unfavorable. In the post-injection stage, most injections
(87/6%) were in the favorable range, 9/5% of injections were relatively favorable and only 2/9% of
injections were unfavorable. The results of ANOVA Test showed a significant statistical difference
among groups according to observed results in the use of safe injection standards in the when-injection
stage (P= 0/008). Also, according to the observed results in the use of safe injection standards, the
results of PCC showed a significant correlation between the pre-injection and the injection stages (r=
0/159), (P= 0/01); it was the same in the pre-injection and post-injection stages (r= 0/225), (P= 0/001).
Conclusion: In an overall investigation of the findings of our study, most injections were relatively
favorable. Since the World Health Organization recommends full compliance with these standards, and
it recognizes the slightest failure in their usage as the factor of disease transmission, so these standards
must be fully complied by nurses