Occupational Protection Interventions for Nursing Staff in the Operating Theatre
Hao, Yuyan; Shi, Jiaze (2023)
Hao, Yuyan
Shi, Jiaze
2023
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023052413700
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During surgery, caregivers are in a highly concentrated state of mind, working under increased stress and being exposed to sharp instruments, radiation, and blood for long periods of time. These include physical, chemical, biological, physiological, and psychological hazards. If hospitals do not have regulations in place, safety equipment and nurses are not aware of safety issues, irreparable damage may be caused to the nurses themselves and may affect the recovery of patients. The aim was to explore the issue of occupational protection for nursing staff in the operating theatre. The purpose was to reduce the health risks to nurses working in the operating theatre and to provide the best possible working environment, including the equipment and facilities in the operating theatre, the hospital system, and the awareness of the nurses themselves. This study used a literature review approach to explore occupational protection intervention for nurses in the operating theatre. The authors used PICOS criteria as inclusion and exclusion criteria for the articles used in the study, searching a large amount of data from PubMed and CINAHL databases. 9 articles were selected by author 1 and 10 by author 2. The process of data analysis followed an integrated approach, providing summaries suitable for compilation and invasion. The analysis of the data followed a content analysis approach. This review found four protective interventions for nursing staff in the operating theatre. The protective interventions include protection from surgical smoke: using smoke aspirators and suction systems, provid-ing knowledge of surgical smoke, standardizing operating procedures; protection from radiation: training for nursing staff, using appropriate shielding ;protection from sharps injuries: using double gloving and blunt suture needles, using of sharps with safety devices, reducing scalpel injuries interventions, "hands-free" technique, administrative controls, management, and handling of sharps; protection from infection during surgery: protective equipment, appropriate behaviors, an efficient ventilation system. Hospital management could establish rules and regulations for nursing staff protection Interventions in the operating theatre, develop nursing staff protection protocols; provide financial support; provide on-the-job training for nursing staff; and set up surveillance teams.