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Safety culture in the context of operating room: nurses' perception regarding notification of errors/adverse events

dc.contributor.authorVinagre, Teresa
dc.contributor.authorMarques, Rita
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-27T11:09:34Z
dc.date.available2021-05-27T11:09:34Z
dc.date.issued2018-11-20
dc.description.abstractThe notification of errors/adverse events is one of the central aspects for the quality of care and patient safety. The purpose of this pilot study is to analyse the safety culture of the operating room in relation to the errors/adverse events and their notification, in the nurses’ perception. It is a quantitative, descriptive-exploratory pilot study. A survey “Nurses’ Perception regarding Notification of Errors/Adverse Events” was applied, consisting of 8 closed questions to an intentional non-probabilistic sample consisting of 43 nurses working in the operating room of a private hospital in Lisbon. The results showed that only 51.2% of the adverse events that caused damage to patients were always notified by the nurses. Of the various adverse events occurred, 60.5% were not reported, justified by “lack of time”. There was also a negative correlation between professional experience and the frequency of error notification (p< .05). The factors referred as those that contributed most to the occurrence of errors were, pressure to work quickly (100.0%), lack of human resources (86.0%), demotivation (86.0%), professional inexperience and hourly overload(83.7%), lack of knowledge (74.4%) and communication failures (65.1%). The perception of Patient Safety was assessed by the majority of participants as “acceptable”. In conclusion, it was evident the reduced notification of adverse events in the operation room so it becomes crucial to focus on the continuous training of health professionals, as well as work on the error, to increase a safety culture with quality.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.5430/jnep.v9n3p40pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1925-4059
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/33319
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectNursingpt_PT
dc.subjectSafety culturept_PT
dc.subjectOperating roompt_PT
dc.subjectNotificationpt_PT
dc.subjectErrorspt_PT
dc.subjectAdverse eventpt_PT
dc.titleSafety culture in the context of operating room: nurses' perception regarding notification of errors/adverse eventspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage46pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue3pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage40pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Nursing Education and Practicept_PT
oaire.citation.volume9pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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