Journal article
Priority Patient Safety Issues Identified by Perioperative Nurses
AORN journal, Vol.97(4), pp.402-418
04/01/2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.aorn.2012.06.016
PMID: 23531307
Abstract
Much of the work done by perioperative nurses focuses on patient safety. Perioperative nurses are aware that unreported near misses occur every day, and they use that knowledge to prioritize activities to protect the patient. The purpose of this study was to identify the highest priority patient safety issues reported by perioperative RNs. We sent a link to an anonymous electronic survey to all AORN members who had e-mail addresses in AORN's member database. The survey asked respondents to identify top perioperative patient safety issues. We received 3,137 usable responses and identified the 10 highest priority safety issues, including wrong site/procedure/patient surgery, retained surgical items, medication errors, failures in instrument reprocessing, pressure injuries, specimen management errors, surgical fires, perioperative hypothermia, burns from energy devices, and difficult intubation/airway emergencies. Differences were found among practice settings. The information from this study can be used to inform the development of educational programs and the allocation of resources to enhance safe perioperative patient care.
Editor's note: This study was funded by the AORN Foundation. A follow‐up to this article, titled “Top 10 patient safety issues: what more can we do?” that includes targeted recommendations for further improving perioperative safety will be published in the June 2013 issue of the AORN Journal.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Priority Patient Safety Issues Identified by Perioperative Nurses
- Creators
- Victoria M. SteelmanPaula R. GralingYelena Perkhounkova - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- AORN journal, Vol.97(4), pp.402-418
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.aorn.2012.06.016
- PMID
- 23531307
- ISSN
- 1878-0369
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/2013
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9983557235502771
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