Conflito de interesses: NãoContribuição dos autores: EFMS Concepção e planejamento do projeto de pesquisa; Obtenção, análise e interpretação dos dados; Redação e revisão crítica. ASGC Orientação do projeto; Delineamento do estudo, análise e interpretação dos dados; Redação e revisão crítica. PBOR Concepção e planejamento do projeto de pesquisa; Revisão crítica. CSA Concepção e planejamento do projeto de pesquisa; Revisão crítica. MCJ Análise e interpretação dos dados; Revisão crítica. Contato para correspondência: Eusiene Furtado Mota Silva E-mail: eusienefurtado-23@hotmail.
AbstractIntroduction: Patient safety reflects directly on the quality of care provided to the client. Safe Surgery Checklist is an important and effective tool whose use is essential for the work of the surgical center's health team. Objective: To verify the knowledge about the Surgical Safety Checklist by the health care professionals. Patients and Methods: This is a quantitative, field, cross-sectional research with descriptive design carried out from July to September 2016. The members of the surgical team participated in the study. They were professionals working at a teaching hospital in the inland of Sao Paulo State. The Research Ethics Committee approved the study (process no. 1.650.232). In order to collect data, we used an instrument with demographic data and profile of the professionals, as well as the knowledge about the use of a checklist in surgical specialties. Results: The sample was composed of 202 professionals as follows: 79 nursing technicians, 11 registered nurses, 16 anesthesiologists, 34 surgeons, and 62 physician residents. The results showed the following remarks upon health professionals regarding the Safe Surgery Checklist: 199 (98.5%) professionals claimed to know the checklist, 108 (53.3%) received training on how to use the checklist and 152 (75.2%) verified the checklist before signing it. All the participants considered important to use the checklist. The highest level of knowledge demonstrated by the participants was in Step 1 -166 (82.2%); Step 2 -17 (8.4%); and Step 3 -128 (63.4%). Only four (2.0%) participants showed no knowledge in all Steps. The professionals' knowledge demonstrated on the amount of Steps was as follows: Nursing Technician -73 (92.4%), Registered Nurses -10 (90.9%), Anesthetists -13 (81.25%), Surgeon -11 (32.4%), and Residents -48 (77.4%). Conclusion: The mapping made it possible to reflect on the health professionals' knowledge regarding the safe surgery checklist, enabling the manager of the Surgical Center to develop strategies to act on this topic.