Background:Healthcare professionals encounter many medical risks while providing healthcare services to individuals and the community. Thus, occupational safety studies are very important in health care organizations. They involve studies performed to establish legal, technical, and medical measures that must be taken to prevent employees from sustaining physical or mental damage because of work hazards.Objectives:This study was conducted to determine if the occupational safety of health personnel at community and family health centers (CHC and FHC) has been achieved.Martials and Methods:The population of this cross-sectional study comprised 507 nurses, 199 physicians, and 237 other medical personnel working at a total of 18 family health centers (FHC) and community health centers (CHC) in Trabzon, Turkey. The sample consisted of a total of 418 nurses, 156 physicians, and 123 other medical personnel. Sampling method was not used, and the researchers tried to reach the whole population. Data were gathered with the Occupational Safety Scale (OSS) and a questionnaire regarding demographic characteristics and occupational safety.Results:According to the evaluations of all the medical personnel, the mean ± SD of total score of the OSS was 3.57 ± 0.98; of the OSS’s subscales, the mean ± SD of the health screening and registry systems was 2.76 ± 1.44, of occupational diseases and problems was 3.04 ± 1.3 and critical fields control was 3.12 ± 1.62. In addition, occupational safety was found more insufficient by nurses (F = 14.18; P < 0.001).Conclusions:All healthcare personnel, particularly nurses working in CHCs and FHCs found occupational safety to be insufficient as related to protective and supportive activities.
AMAÇ: Araştırmanın amacı, hekim, hemşire ve diğer sağlık personellerinden oluşan sağlık çalışanlarının Sağlık Bakanlığına bağlı devlet hastaneleri, toplum sağlığı ve aile sağlığı merkezlerinde (TSM/ASM) çalışan hemşirelerin sorunlarına ilişkin görüşlerinin belirlenmesidir. YÖNTEM: Araştırma, Trabzon'daki devlet hastaneleri, toplum ve aile sağlığı merkezlerinde çalışan toplam 940 hemşire, 389 hekim ve 395 diğer sağlık personeli ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Veriler, demografik özelliklerle ilgili sekiz soru, hemşirelerin sorunları ve çözüm önerilerine yönelik açık uçlu iki sorudan oluşan anket formu ile toplanmıştır. BULGULAR: Hastanede çalışan hemşirelerin %19'u öncelikle döner sermayeden izinli ya da raporlu günlerde yararlanılmamasını, hekimlerin %14'ü maaş ve zamların düşük olmasını, diğer sağlık personelinin %14'ü döner sermayenin sağlık personeli arasında adil dağıtılmamasını, toplum sağlığı merkezi ve aile sağlığı merkezindeki hemşirelerin %31'i, hekimlerin %32'si ve diğer sağlık personelinin %12'si maaş ve zamların düşük olmasını hemşirelerin sorunları arasında belirtmişlerdir. SONUÇ: Tüm sağlık personeli, hemşirelerin ücretlendirilme, yönetim ve yasal düzenlemelere ilişkin sorunları olduğunu belirtmiştir.
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