Valencia, Spain | 16 - 18 May 2024 11th EORNA Congress ePosters 55 Results: Of the 412 nurses, 60% had a Bachelor’s degree and 4% had a Master’s degree. 30% have 5 years and more experience. In pre-test exams, 6% scored 81-90 and 2% scored 91-100 points. In post-test exams, 33% scored 81-90 and 66% scored 91-100 points. Participants’ answer to the question “Would you recommend online nursing education to a friend? A score of 4.53 was found. Participants’ post-test evaluations on the “Device Competency Table” were 84.2% successful. “The number of equipment-related problems during surgery” decreased by 31.3%. Conclusion: The findings of the study showed that device training webinars increased the device competencies of nurses, reduced the incidence of equipment-related problems during surgery, and contributed to patient safety. 304 Injury Situations of Operating Room Nurses with Sharps Injuries Turkey Example: 4 Different Geographical Regions and 16 Hospitals İlknur Yayla1, Saliha Koç Aslan1, Karin Demirci1, Betül Yalçınkaya1, Gönül Eser Mete1 1Acıbadem Ataşehir Genel Müdürlük, Turkey Background: It is estimated that 12 billion injections are administered to patients worldwide each year and that approximately 800,000 to one million sharps injuries occur annually in the United States. According to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, one in seven health care workers sustain an accidental sharps injury during the year. It is known that operating rooms, emergency departments and surgical clinics are the departments with the highest number of injuries and nurses are at risk. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of sharps injuries among operating room nurses working in a private health care group. Methods: Retrospective and descriptive study was conducted. Nurses working in the operating rooms between January 2020 and December 2022 constituted the population, and operating room nurses who were injured with sharps constituted the sample. The data in the Safety Reporting System were analyzed by taking numbers, percentages and percentages in Microsoft Excel program. Results: A total of 106 injuries occurred between 2020 and 2022. According to the number of nurses working in the operating rooms in the year of injury, the injury rates were 9% in 2020, 12% in 2021, and 7% in 2022. Of the 106 injuries, 26% were caused by someone else, 35% were self-injured, 39% were injured on the swimsuit table. 39% had 0-6 months of experience. In the three-year average, it was determined that the most injuries were 32% scalpel, 29% suture needle, 22% injector needle. A total of 338590 surgeries were performed in 2020-2022. Conclusion: In the study, it was determined that nurses with 0-6 months of experience were injured more. These injuries may threaten the health of nurses and negatively affect their work efficiency. It is recommended to provide a safe surgical environment against injuries and to prepare special training programs. 305 Monitoring the use of the WHO surgical safety checklist at Vaasa Central Hospital Merja Jutila1 2 1Wellbeing Services County of Ostrobothnia, Vaasa Central Hospital/ Operating department, Vaasa, Finland, 2Finnish Centre for Client and Patient Safety, Vaasa, Finland Background: World Health Organization (WHO) published Surgical Safety Checklist in 2008. The checklist was developed to decrease errors and adverse events, and to increase teamwork and communication in surgical settings (1). We added more items to our checklist. Modified checklist has been in use from the year 2010. We noticed that in practice the usage of checklist varied depending of the team members. Objectives: We wanted to find out if all the items were checked correctly by using the checklist. Methods: Patient safety coordinator observed the usage of the checklist in eight operations in May-July 2019. The observation turned out to be time-consuming and the observations were similar, that is why we settled for such a small sample. Results: From the 36-item list, eleven items were not checked in any of the observed cases. For example, the risk for difficult airway or aspiration and risk for blood loss were not checked before induction of anesthesia. In addition, patient
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