Background: Surgical interventions are high-risk healthcare services. Increasing awareness over the past years has led to efforts to enhance patient safety. Patients do not represent the only category that must be considered when analyzing adverse events since physicians are also affected. Hence, measures aiming at improving patient safety will inevitably affect both patients and physicians. Ai...

This study was undertaken to quantify the exposure of operating room staff to nitrous oxide during routine paediatric otolaryngeal surgery and to determine the influence of the method of induction of anaesthesia on this exposure. The nitrous oxide exposure of the anaesthetist, the surgeon and the circulating nurse were measured, using body-worn passive atmospheric samplers, during twelve routin...

1 Student Research Committee, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, IR Iran 2 Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran 3 Paramedical School, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, IR Iran 4 Department of Biostatistics, Research Centre for Prevention of Psychosocial Trauma, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, IR Iran 5 Department of Clini...

due to the importance of correct posture for preventing musculoskeletal disorders, the purpose of this study was to evaluate theory of planned behavior in predicting correct body posture in operating room nurses.in this cross-sectional study, participants (n=100) were nurses from five hospitals located in northern iran. participants completed demographic data and theory of planned behavior cons...

background and aim: nosocomial infections have been always among the major problems of healthcare delivery systems. the operating room is an appropriate place for causing severe nosocomial infections. knowledge of infection control guidelines and standards is the key to infection prevention. this study was conducted to investigate nurses’ knowledge and self-efficacy regarding the principles of ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate genetic damage as the frequency of sister chromatid exchanges and micronuclei in lymphocytes of peripheral blood of operating room personnel exposed to waste anaesthetic gases. METHODS Occupational exposure was measured with a direct reading instrument. Venous blood samples were drawn from 10 non-smokers working in the operating room and 10 non-smoking controls (matched...

Information on potential genetic damage in humans after exposure to waste anaesthetic gases in Indian hospitals is scarce. To evaluate the possible genotoxic effects of waste anaesthetic gases, the chromosomal aberrations analysis and comet assay were studied in peripheral blood lymphocytes in 45 operating room personnel currently employed at a hospital in South India. In addition, the micronuc...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose of this review is to define the responsibility and designation of anesthesia personnel to nonoperating room location anesthesia and their education in this regard. The review will also define the safety standards, guidelines, physical environment, equipment, accreditation, the quality of care and patient and procedural selection. RECENT FINDINGS Anesthesia outsid...