Valencia, Spain | 16 - 18 May 2024 11th EORNA Congress ePosters 49 233 Continuing education for right medication administration in the nursing staff of a health service providing institution in the city of Ibagué Claudia Patricia Bonilla Ibañez1, Federico Useche2, Kevin Rodriguez2, Laura Garcia2, Heidy Michelle Rodriguez2 1Universidad del Tolima, Tolima, Ibagué, Colombia, 2Universidad del Tolima, Tolima, ibague, Colombia Background: According to the World Health Organization, patient safety aims to “prevent and reduce the risks, errors and damage suffered by patients during the provision of health care”. In Colombia, the National Patient Safety Policy and guidelines of the Ministry of Health were developed, whose objective is to prevent the occurrence of situations that affect patient safety, reduce and, if possible, eliminate the occurrence of adverse events in order to have safe and secure institutions. internationally competitive. Objectives: To implement and evaluate a continuing education plan on safe medication administration in the operating room service for health workers of a health service provider institution in the city of Ibagué-Colombia Methods: quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional approach. Two phases were established, in phase I the diagnosis was made through a Beliefs, Attitudes and Practices (CAP) type survey and in phase II the educational sessions were designed and developed in three modules. The results are not complete since the education plan has not been fully executed. The development of the proposal had the endorsement of the directives of the institution Results: the total nursing staff (nurses and assistants) was 19 people. In the first module, 2 measurements were carried out in the first, 78.9% approved and in the second, 68.4%. In module 2, only one measurement has been carried out in which 89.4% approved. Conclusion: The continuing education of health personnel continues to be essential to reduce errors and improve the quality of care, there must be an individual commitment in the preparation and updating of knowledge in the safe administration of medications. We hope to present all the results at the event 245 Lighting the way: An advocate’s journey for improving safety for current and future perioperative nurses Michael Sinnott1 1StaffandPatientSafety.org, Brisbane, Australia Background: Since the beginning of healthcare, nurses have sacrificed themselves to ensure patient safety. ORs are identified as being particularly high-hazard environments, with occupational injuries and illnesses being left underreported and overlooked. There has been significant work completed recently to reverse this paradoxical safety culture. In 2020, the World Health Organisation announced that “No country, hospital or clinic can keep its patients safe unless it keeps its health workers safe”. Nursing associations such as EORNA have shone light on key safety concerns within perioperative practices, including surgical plume and sharps injuries. In Europe, one million sharps injuries are estimated to occur annually. While there have been improvements in reducing needlestick injuries in non-surgical settings, injuries from suture needles and scalpels in surgical settings remain commonplace. Even one preventable sharps injury is too many. Objectives: This case study outlines actions taken by safety advocates in Australia to improve sharps safety in ORs. This advocacy journey will be examined at four key stages of advocacy: the individual, organisational, national, and international levels. The advocate’s goals in this case study was to help empower individual nurses to apply safer sharps practices, ensure that facilities implemented the Hierarchy of Controls and safety-engineered devices, update national guidelines and standards to align with current evidence-based recommendations, and collaborate with advocates globally for an international approach. Conclusion: Healthcare professionals have a long history of advocating for patient safety, but it is imperative that we also stand up for our own safety. In Australia, sharps safety advocates have made significant progress for sharps safety, with recent updates to the Australian Infection Control Guidelines and a revised Australian Standard for safe removal and containment of scalpel blades. Perioperative nurses and leaders can replicate these advocacy strategies to contribute to a systematic culture of safety for current and future nurses.
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