Retrospective Analysis of Patient Safety News in the Operating Room Happened in Türkiye
Journal Title: Artuklu International Journal of Health Sciences - Year 2022, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction: It’s of great importance to apply international patient safety standards to ensure that the patient who will undergo surgical intervention receives a quality health service and to prevent possible mortality or morbidity. Aim: The aim of this research is to analyze the news about patient safety in operating rooms in internet news sources in Türkiye. Method: In the search conducted in 14 different internet newspapers published in Türkiye and can be retrospectively scanned, 4814 news items were reached. 4456 news stories that didn’t occur in Türkiye and didn’t include the subject of patient safety in the operating room were excluded from the research. Of this news, 358 research titles and content were found appropriate. As a result of excluding repetitive news (n=160) from different news sources, study sample was determined as n=198. Results: It is seen that the problems with patient safety in the operating room mostly occurred between the years 2012- 2021 (65.2%), in private hospitals (34.3%) and during the operation (78.3%), and most common surgical safety problems were general surgery (26.8% and gynecology (17.7%) surgeries, the patient group (48.5%) had patient safety problems in the surgery were patients between the ages of 19-56. The most common problems were; foreign body forgotten in patient (28.8%), problems related to invasive surgical intervention (17.7%), ethical problems about patient safety (12.1%), the most frequently forgotten foreign body during the operation was gauze and abdomen. (12.7%) and 55% of the incidents related to patient safety in the surgery resulted in injury or death. Conclusion: In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of news published on patient safety in the operating room. Most of the news on this subject are related to the forgetting of foreign bodies in surgeries performed in private hospitals.
Authors and Affiliations
Yağmur YILMAZ, Birgül KANDEMİR, Şeymanur GÖKÇE, Tuğba ERGÜL, Mahmut DAĞCI
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- DOI https://doi.org/10.58252/artukluder.1169386
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