Investigating Patient Safety in Women s Gynecological Surgery Room

Background and Aim: Women s operative room as one of the main units in the hospital is the most important stage in the treatment of patients. Due to the physical characteristics, available gases and the use of different electrical devices, observance of safety points is very important for patients and staff. The aim of this study was to investigate the safety of patients in the gynecological surgery room.Methodology: The study was conducted as a review of several articles between 2010 and 2019. The review was published in the journal and databases pubmed, scincedirect, elsiver, proqust, willy, spinger, google scular with key words such as safety, operating room, standard, women. The results were analyzed and graded as a schematic.Results: The results showed that the operating rooms were safe (84.9%) in terms of overall safety and there was a small percentage of errors due to human errors and equipment. Today, with increasing attention from the Ministry of Health and the issuance of safety instructions, this safety percentage has increased. The formation of immunity and infection control committees in health centers is one of the important factors preventing the occurrence of an error and danger. Also, through training and implementation of individual and collective guidelines, measures such as personal protection against risk, the proper handling of suspected and ill cases, proper identification of the correct patient and correct operation, and timely notification of the error and risk play an important role Has reduced the risk of the patient in the operating room. The establishment of the medical engineering unit in the treatment centers and in the delivery of calibration and standardization of the operating room equipment has played an important role in reducing the risk and error.Conclusion: The results show that improving the level of safety care and risk and infection control has a very important role in reducing non-safe cases in the operating rooms of the treatment centers. By continuation and improvement of the level of these care, the patient s safety coefficient in the operating room, women increased.

Keywords:

safety , operating room , standard , women