6 11th EORNA Congress Valencia, Spain | 16 - 18 May 2024 Symposia Results: Three categories were identified: ‘Learning opportunities’ which included theoretical knowledge, psychomotor skills and values and attitudes. ‘Appreciation for perioperative role and intent to return’, and ‘Factors influencing student learning’ included factors promoting and prohibiting acquisition of knowledge, skills, and values. Conclusion: Numerous opportunities for student learning occurs within the perioperative setting. Students perceived senior nurses as role models to aspire to in this pressurised and varied setting. The complexities and uniqueness of the perioperative setting poses opportunities and challenges for student learning. Students who are not accustomed to this environment require more support to help achieve increased learning opportunities. Symposium 2: Healthy Workplaces & Leadership 190 Ergonomic risk factors and musculoskeletal system problems in healthcare professionals working in central sterilization unit Doğan Beysİr1, Esra Eren2 1Kütahya, central sterilization unit, Turkey, 2Istanbul Medipol University South Campus, Turkey Background: Healthcare professionals face environmental, psychological, chemical, biological, ergonomic, and physical risks arising from their work environment. Central sterilization units, which are usually located on the lower floors of hospitals, are special working areas that host many risks in this context. The lack of appropriate ergonomic structure of the central sterilization unit significantly affects the health of health professionals. Objectives: This descriptive study was conducted to determine the ergonomic risk factors and musculoskeletal problems of healthcare professionals working in central sterilization units. Methods: The population and sample of the study consisted of 87 healthcare professionals working in the central sterilization unit of seven hospitals of a private healthcare group in Istanbul. The data were collected using the sociodemographic characteristics form, Ergonomic Risk Factors and Musculoskeletal Disorders Scale (ERFMDS) and Cornell Musculoskeletal Disorders Questionnaire (CMDQ) between February and September 2020. The data were evaluated with SPSS. The significance level was determined as p<0.05 in all analyzes. Results: According to the findings, the health professionals were between the ages of 18-25 years (34.5%), male (51.7%), undergraduate graduates (52.9%), nurses (74.7%), and their experience in the central sterilization unit was 1-5 years (65.5%). The mean ERFMDS total score was 119.39 and the mean CMDQ score was 77.62. Significant differences were found between ERFMDS physical environment, performance efficiency sub-dimensions and some sociodemographic characteristics, and the sub-dimensions showed a significant positive relationship with each other. Significant differences were determined between CMDQ mean scores according to age, gender, body mass index, educational status, occupation and professional experience. Conclusion: It is recommended to create a safe and comfortable working environment for healthcare professionals in the Central Sterilization Unit, to take necessary precautions by determining ergonomic risk factors, and to give importance to the ergonomic design of the areas so that healthcare professionals do not experience musculoskeletal disorders. 301 Surgical Smoke Hazards in the Operating Theater. A survey on perioperative nurses perceptions in Northern Greece Hospitals Iordanis Stefanidis1, Anastasia Ntavrani2, Ioannis Koutelekos3, Konstantinos Karakostas4 1General Hospital of Thessaloniki “Ippokrateio”, Operating Theater, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2AHEPA Hospital, Θεσσαλονίκη, Greece, 3University of West Attica, Egaleo, Greece, 4Thriasio General Hospital of Elefsina, Magoula, Greece Background: Surgical smoke is produced when energy generating devices such as diathermy, lasers and ultrasonic surgical systems are used for cutting and coagulation of tissue during surgical procedures. Surgical smoke plume is considered a serious threat to the health of operating room personnel and patient safety may be compromised if plume is not properly captured and removed. Surgical smoke contains carbon, aerosolized blood and blood borne pathogens,
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