Provider knowledge and performance in medication injection safety in anesthesia: A mixed method prospective crosses sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Injection safety during anesthesia is a challenging health care issue in Iranian hospitals. Anesthesia is one of the most medication-intensive procedures in healthcare and injecting patients are an integral part of that care. The present study aimed to assess the status of medication injection safety practice in a teaching center.

Design, setting, participants

A prospective cross-sectional study was done in 2014-2015 at a 500-bed secondary level teaching hospital affiliated with Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Iran. The study population included providers of anesthesia in two groups of operating rooms (ORs) with different types of surgeries at the center. Data were collected using valid and reliable observation and a questionnaire instruments in two consecut

SUBMITTER: Yusefzadeh H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6281201 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature