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Effect of Improvement of Surgical Safety Checklist on Surgical Technologists’s Attitude and Satisfaction. Paramedical Sciences and Military Health 2020; 15 (4) :28-36
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Introduction: One of the primary duties that circulating and scrub nurses fulfill is to record instruments and procedures adopted during a surgical operation. The present research was performed to explore operating room personnel’s perspectives on both the existing and
improved checklist the one that was produced on the basis of evidence and guidelines.
Methods and Materials: This non-randomized descriptive study was performed on 28 operating room personnel on both the existing surgical safety checklist and the improved one. The researcher made checklist was provided on the basis of books, results of studies, and qualified specialists’ attitudes. The data were analyzed using SPSS software version 19 as well as descriptive and analytical statistical tests.
Results: Data revealed that 25% (7 persons) and 75% (21 persons) of respondents were men and women respectively. There was statistically significant difference between personnel’s perspectives on the improved checklist and present checklist (24% compared with 77%). Moreover the present checklist is more comprehensive than the previous one (65% compared with 23%). That is to say the improved checklist is a more comprehensive guide than the existing checklist in recording procedure (p<0.05).
Discussion and Conclusions: It is essential to keep a complete and comprehensive checklist of procedures implemented and instruments used during a surgical operation. Therefore, it is essential to improve and complete the Surgical Safety Checklist on the basis of existing evidence and the results.
improved checklist the one that was produced on the basis of evidence and guidelines.
Methods and Materials: This non-randomized descriptive study was performed on 28 operating room personnel on both the existing surgical safety checklist and the improved one. The researcher made checklist was provided on the basis of books, results of studies, and qualified specialists’ attitudes. The data were analyzed using SPSS software version 19 as well as descriptive and analytical statistical tests.
Results: Data revealed that 25% (7 persons) and 75% (21 persons) of respondents were men and women respectively. There was statistically significant difference between personnel’s perspectives on the improved checklist and present checklist (24% compared with 77%). Moreover the present checklist is more comprehensive than the previous one (65% compared with 23%). That is to say the improved checklist is a more comprehensive guide than the existing checklist in recording procedure (p<0.05).
Discussion and Conclusions: It is essential to keep a complete and comprehensive checklist of procedures implemented and instruments used during a surgical operation. Therefore, it is essential to improve and complete the Surgical Safety Checklist on the basis of existing evidence and the results.
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Received: 2021/03/12 | Accepted: 2021/05/16 | Published: 2021/03/20
Received: 2021/03/12 | Accepted: 2021/05/16 | Published: 2021/03/20
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