Mahbobeh Janghorbani; Ahmadreza Raisi,; Sanaz Dehghani; Arefeh Mousavi
Volume 9, Issue 7 , December 2012, , Pages 1066-1072
Abstract
Introduction: Global patient safety is the concern of all areas of the health care. In addition to the humansuffering in those inflicted unsafe care and services, it has a heavy economic cost. Due to the sensitivepatient safety in the operation rooms, the present study aimed to assess patient safety ...
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Introduction: Global patient safety is the concern of all areas of the health care. In addition to the humansuffering in those inflicted unsafe care and services, it has a heavy economic cost. Due to the sensitivepatient safety in the operation rooms, the present study aimed to assess patient safety in the operating rooms.Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study that was conducted in Shahid Beheshti Hospital,Isfahan, Iran operating room in 2011. The data were collected through standard questionnaires for patientsafety friendly hospital census from 20 senior, middle and executive managers as well as operating roomstaff of Shahid Beheshti Hospital. In order to assess the level of patient safety, average score of 0-0.5represented a poor level of performance, 0.5-0.7 an average level and 0.7-1.0 showed an intermediate level.Results: Average score for rule and leadership was 0.7 ± 0.35. In community participation and interactionwith patients 0.56 ± 0.37, in evidence-based clinical services 0.73 ± 0.35, in safe and secure environment0.78 ± 0.37 which indicated the average, good, good, and good states, respectively. The average overallsafety score was 0.71 ± 0.36 and showed a good performance.Conclusion: Although the score for the level of safety was good, the organizational policies and programsin this area at present are not sufficient to achieve a higher level. Necessary investments in strategicplanning must be investigated in order to achieve 100% standards in the four domains
