Valencia, Spain | 16 - 18 May 2024 11th EORNA Congress Parallel Sessions 13 Results: In research, 74.8% (n=314) of the nurses were female and the mean age was 26.15±5.47 years. It was determined that 30% (n=126) of the nurses had 3-5 years of nursing experience, 28% (n=118) had worked in ICUs for 1-3 years, and 73.3% (n=308) worked in general intensive critical units. The nurses’ mean score on the Compassion Fatigue-Short Scale was 56.20±26.77 and their mean score on the Tendency to Medical Error in Nursing Scale was 4.82±0.28. There was a statistically significant negative correlation between total scale scores (r=-0.252). Conclusion: The results suggest that the nurses in this study had moderate compassion fatigue and low tendency to medical errors. A weak relationship was observed between higher compassion fatigue and greater tendency to medical errors. Determining the factors that cause nurses to make medical errors is crucial to enable the necessary precautions to be taken. We recommend conducting multidimensional studies to evaluate the effects of compassion fatigue on patient safety and nursing outcomes. 163 Electronic counting of used swabs in the operating room Zoran Preveden1 1, Blaž Tintor1 1NOVO MESTO HOSPITAL, TRAUMA, NOVO MESTO, Slovenia Electronic Counting of Used Swabs in the Operating Room – Trial Use of the „SC Smart Cart“ Device in General Hospital Novo Mesto Zoran Preveden*, Lovro Bobic, Blaž Tintor, Klemen Bedencic Department of Orthopaedic Trauma, Novo Mesto General Hospital, Novo mesto, Slovenia Email address: zpreveden@gmail.com (Z. Preveden) *Corresponding author Background: Leftover surgical materials in the body after surgery, including the surgical swab as the most commonly forgotten item, remain a considerable problem despite advances in surgical techniques. Alongside manual counting, in recent years electronic counting has also been introduced. Objectives: Objective of study was to evaluate advantages and disadvantages of electronic swab counting as opposed to traditional swab counting. Methods: Electronic counting was experimentally introduced in cooperation with the company Smart-OR d.o.o. from Trbovlje, Slovenia. A „SC Smart cart“, a special device for electronic counting, was used in 90 major procedures in various surgical specialities while traditional counting was simultaneously performed. We recorded the surgical team’s workflow, the net time needed to count swabs, and errors with and without the device. Results: No errors were made with either electronic or traditional counting method, time analysis showed faster work with the device with team members reporting reduced workloads. Counting with the device offered greater transparency in the operating room. The trial did not record any negative consequences of electronic counting Conclusion: Electronic counting using the SC smart cart proved to be a safe and efficient alternative to the traditional manual counting of items with several other advantages – lower team workload, a faster workflow, greater patient safety, and more efficient organisation of the operating room. 226 Medication safety in the sterile field: one label away Burcu Özkan1, Esra Eren2, Hanife Özdemir3 1Demiroglu Bilim University, Graduate School of Health Sciences, İstanbul, 2Istanbul Medipol University, nursing, 3Ataşehir Memorial Hastanesi Background: Every area where medication is present and every procedure with medication-related problems are included in the scope of medication safety. Medication errors occurring in the intraoperative process are recognized as a serious potential threat to patient safety. Objectives: In this study, it is aimed to determine the practices and opinions of nurses regarding the labeling of medications within the scope of medication safety in the sterile field.
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