Threats to operating room personnel's occupational safety and health: a qualitative study
Anaesthesia, Pain and Intensive Care
; 26(3):368-381, 2022.
Article
in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1998179
ABSTRACT
Background & Objective:
Every operating room has been associated with a variety of occupational hazards, but not many studies have been conducted to assess and address these hazards. We used a qualitative approach to explore operating room personnel's experiences of workplace hazards and how these hazards threaten their occupational safety and health (OSH).Methodology:
This qualitative study was conducted in five teaching hospitals in the south-west of Iran from February 2019 to March 2021. The sample was 24 operating room personnel who were selected under convenient sampling technique. Data were collected using semi-structured, individual interviews, document review and non-participant observation. The collected data were analyzed according to the qualitative content analysis method using MAXQDA v. 2020.Results:
After prolonged analysis of the data, the researchers extracted 644 codes, 13 subcategories, 4 categories, and 1 main theme. The main theme of the study was working in a context of occupational hazards.Conclusions:
Operating rooms are full of potential dangers, which, when combined with the personnel's negligence and management inefficiencies, increase the risk of occupational health and safety. Therefore, making working conditions safe by providing adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), in-service training, and identifying and managing the causes of personnel negligence are recommended. Moreover, strategies should be introduced to manage stress and conflicts among the healthcare personnel, thus controlling psychological hazards.
electrosurgical device; protective equipment; sharps container; anesthetic gas; antineoplastic agent; disinfectant agent; formaldehyde; latex; Acinetobacter infection; acquired immune deficiency syndrome; adult; anxiety; article; attitude; blood; body fluid; bovine spongiform encephalopathy; cardiopulmonary bypass; checklist; chemotherapy; clinical article; complication; conflict; content analysis; convenience sample; coronavirus disease 2019; curriculum; educational status; emergency care; emergency surgery; ergonomics; exposure to violence; female; fume; hepatitis C; hospital management; human; in service training; inefficient management; infectious agent; influenza A (H1N1); inhalation; Iran; job stress; latex allergy; lung capacity; male; married person; negligence; non participant observation; occupational exposure; occupational hazard; occupational safety; operating room personnel; pathological tissue; periodic medical examination; qualitative research; respiratory tract disease; responsibility; semi structured interview; smoke; spirometry; teaching hospital; vapor; vascular surgery; work environment; work experience
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Type of study:
Qualitative research
Language:
English
Journal:
Anaesthesia, Pain and Intensive Care
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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