Türkiye’de Ameliyathane Hemşirelerinin COVID-19’a Karşı Tutum ve Uygulamaları

Bu çalışmanın amacı ameliyathane hemşirelerinin COVID-19’a yönelik tutum ve uygulamalarınının belirlenmesidir. Araştırma tanımlayıcı bir tasarımdı Araştırmanın örneklemini Haziran-Ekim 2020 tarihleri arasında görev alan 210 ameliyathane hemşiresi oluşturdu. COVID-19 hastalığı tanısı konulan ameliyathane hemşirelerinin oranı %12.4’idi. Çalışmada hemşirelerin %91’i ameliyathanelerde COVID-19 salgınına karşı yeterli önlem alınmadığını belirtti. Hemşirelerin %44,3’ü ameliyathanede ortalama 8,6+4,7 saat süreyle N95 maskesi kullandığını ve %45,2’si maskelerini tekrar kullandığını belirttti. En sık alınan önlem, enfekte olmuş malzeme için kapların %95,2 oranında aktif klorür 5.000 mg/L 30 dakika süreyle dezenfeksiyonuydu. Ameliyathane hemşirelerinin %81’i COVID-19 enfeksiyonuna yakalanmaktan ve %96,2’si hastalığı ailelerine bulaştırmaktan korkuyordu. Bu araştırmada, hemşirelerin çoğunun COVID-19 pandemisine karşı yetersiz önlem alındığını düşündüğü saptandı. Ayrıca ameliyathane hemşirelerinin üçte biri COVID-19’da süreç içinde uyum sağlamakta zorlandıklarını belirtti. Hastane yönetimlerinin COVID-19 salgınına yönelik ameliyathane hemşirelerine düzenli aralıklarla eğitim vermesi ve uyumlarını kolaylaştıracak iş akış algoritmalarını hazırlamaları önerilmektedir.

Attitudes and Practices of Operating Room Nurses toward COVID-19 in Turkey

The aim of this study was to determine attitudes and practices of operating room nurses toward COVID-19. The study had a descriptive design. The study sample included 210 operating room nurses working between June and October 2020. The rate of the operating room nurses infected with COVID-19 disease was 12.4%. In this study, 91% of the nurses considered that insufficient precautions were taken against the COVID-19 pandemic in the operating rooms. 44.3% of the nurses wore an N95 respirator for the mean duration of 8.6+4.7 hours in operating room and 45.2% reused their masks. The most frequent precaution was disinfection of the containers for infected material using agents containing active chloride 5.000 mg/L for 30 minutes at the rate of 95.2%. 81% of operating room nurses were fearful of contracting COVID-19 infection, and 96.2% were fearful of transmitting the disease to their families. The study found that most nurses considered that insufficient precautions were taken against the COVID-19 pandemic in the operating rooms. In addition, one-third of operating room nurses stated that they had difficulty adapting during the process in COVID-19. Hospital administration should provide education at regular intervals for operating room nurses about COVID-19 and prepare workflow algorithms to facilitate their compliance.

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