Occupational Health and Safety in Operating Rooms

Abstract

Nurses are one of the most endeavored members of healthcare services. Operating rooms, on the other hand, require special caution and contain various hazards for healthcare professionals. Operating rooms contain various risk factors related to applications, infrastructure and humans. It is one of the areas that need nursing care the most since patients are dependent on their nurses to meet their personal needs. Nurses are exposed to various risk and health problems in operating rooms. Healthcare service provided by nurses working in a healthy environment directly affects the health and quality of life of those who receive the service. In order to prevent these problems, intensive up-to-date educations on occupational risks and employee safety should be provided for the nurses working in operating rooms. In addition to the general occupational hygiene measures, different precautions should be taken for the operating rooms. Working in a healthy and safe environment is a human right that every individual must have. Managers of the medical institutions should be attentive to follow the laws and sanctions on occupational health and safety, institutions should be inspected frequently and monitored carefully. In this section, this subject will be studied in line with actual data and resources.

Relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and the employees’ knowledge about occupational hazards in Al Nasiriya Heart Center, Iraq: 2021-2022

“…This study agrees with what Dhahir and Al Mayahi found in their study that was done in Al Kute -Iraq and revealed a non-significant relationship between gender and knowledge occupational hazard with a P.value of: 0.001 [11] Table 3 The relationship between gender and employees' knowledge on the occupational hazards For the relationship between marital status and risks of occupational hazard, the study revealed that there is a statistical significance between marital status with the employees' knowledge on all of the risk of occupational hazard including physical, chemical, biological, radiological, and psychological risk with a P.value of (0.52, 0.88 ,0.206 ,0.145, 0.171) as shows in Table (4). This result is inconsistent with the findings of another study carried by Afshar MK in which they found no statistical significance relationship between marital status & the employees' knowledge on occupational hazards.…”

“…Therefore, it is also expected that the priority of these health care institutes is to provide the service with a patient satisfaction rather than safety of the provider. The work environment, occupational health, and safety of the healthcare professionals, who provide service to patients, are mostly overlooked [3,4] As such, reducing the exposure to occupational hazards at the work environment can be achieved by a variety of educational and training programs targeting the different professions in health care institutes. In addition to other programs that include pre-placement examinations, safety awareness, health maintenance, investigation of accidents' stress management, health promotion, employee assistance, and rehabilitation programs [5] Nasiriyah heart center / Iraq which is the largest tertiary referring center for heart diseases and catheterization in Thi-Qar province.…”