Biological infectious hazards are the main factors which nursing staff deal with. It
is fundamental rule, nurses to apply the guidelines of occupational exposure to
pathogenic micro-organisms. The aim of this review was to examine the current
literature on the degree of nurses’ compliance to the guidelines of occupational
according to exposure to pathogenic micro-organisms. A review of literature was
conducted on the Medline / PubMed, Cochrane, Scopus, and Google Scholar
databases from 2000 to 2018. The keywords used in the bibliography search were,
health care professionals, nurses’ attitudes, occupational exposure, and safety
guidelines. The inclusion criteria were: a) studies that were directly related to the
topic, and b) studies in English and Greek language, published in peer-reviewed
journals. The search strategy revealed 1287 studies, 1260 excluded. Finally 27
studies were included. Nurses' compliance to the guidelines of occupational
exposure to pathogenic microorganisms is described as unsatisfactory, and an
emergency situation has been shown to be the major obstacle to follow the
guidelines. It is necessary to understand the factors which contribute to nurse’s noncompliance. The results show that there is a need to propose measures that will
positively affect the nurses’ performance.
Keywords: Health care professionals; Nurses’ attitudes; Occupational exposure;
Safety guidelines.
Aim: During healthcare management in hospitals, many unforeseen events can affect patient's surgical safety and experience, causing discomfort both him and his family, simultaneously wasting surgery resources and reducing its efficiency.Healthcare professionals in every hospital should consider perioperative care of patient as an important issue and its systematic improvement should be required. The aim of this review was to highlight the Lean Management and Six Sigma methods in patients’
perioperative care.
Material-Method: A systematic review was conducted in the electronic databases Medline / Pubmed,Scopus, Embase and Cochrane Library from 2015 to 2020. The keywords were lean management, six sigma, lean / six sigma surgery, lean / six sigma perioperative care. The inclusion criteria were studies directly related to the subject in English, published in peer-reviewed journals.
Results: The search strategy was applied to 896 studies, 889 of which were excluded and 7 of which met the inclusion criteria.Lean and Six Sigma methodologies increased the efficiency of the operating room staff, as well as the financial performance of the entire operating unit. Process mapping, leadership, and staff satisfaction are keys to enhancepatient’s safety.
Conclusions: The implementation of Lean / Six Sigma in health services has great potential. It is proposed the institutional adoption of this methodology, with additional research of its practical, educational and financial benefits after wide implementation.
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