OPERATING ROOM STAFF PERFORMANCEIN MEDIATION INJECTION SAFETY: AN OBERVATIONAL STUDY

The aim of medical practice is to preserve and improve health and healthcare
workers, especially nurses, are responsible for the providing care with safety. Medication injection
safety is of utmost importance as the most common method in induction, maintenance and termination
of anesthesia in patients. This study aimed to evaluate the medication injection safety in operating room
settings.
Materials & Methods: This observational study was performed in the operating rooms of a teaching
hospital affiliated to Urmia University of Medical Sciences in 2014-15. In this study, performance of
employee was studied in three stages of injection practice: pre-injection, during and post-injection in a
six-month period. Data collection was conducted by the World Health Organization standard checklist.
Results: During the study period, 345 injections were observed in two operating room settings.
Comparison of three injection stages showed the most (89.7%) and the least (40.5%) conformance in
pre-injection and post- injection stages, respectively. Paired t-test showed that the conformity of safe
injection practice on the basis of gender was statistically significant (P = 0.024). Pearson correlation
coefficients showed direct correlation between safe injection conformity with age and work experience.
Correlation between safe injection conformity and working experience was statistically significant
(P=0.014).
Conclusion: Based on the results and findings of the study, the importance of principles for safe
injection practice was found in the operating rooms. Highlighting the importance of the issue and
continuing education will lead to change attitudes and practice and ultimately help to improve the
situation