Korean J Health Promot.  2024 Mar;24(1):20-28. 10.15384/kjhp.2024.00024.

Effect of Counting Error Prevention Training on Operating Room Nurses’ Counting Error Prevention Awareness and Perceptions of Patient Safety

• JANG MJ
• HONG MK
• LEE MJ
• LEE KA
• KIM YO
• JEON JA
• KO H

• KMID: 2554027
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.15384/kjhp.2024.00024

Abstract

Background
This study aimed to identify changes in counting error prevention awareness and patient safety perception through counting error prevention education to operating room nurses.
Methods
This was a one-group, pretest-posttest, quasi-experimental study. The participants were operating room nurses. A total of 46 nurses were recruited, and data was collected between October 1 and 31, 2022. Measures used for this study assessed counting error prevention awareness and patient safety perception. The data were analyzed using paired t-tests.
Results
The counting error prevention awareness of the participants increased significantly from 3.68 to 3.95 points before and after education, respectively (t=-5.07, P<0.001), while patient safety perception significantly increased from 3.95 to 4.20 points before and after training, respectively (t=-2.68, P=0.010).
Conclusions
Counting error prevention awareness and patient safety perception of operating room nurses prevent fatal damage to patients with surgeries and lower mortality. The results of this study suggest the necessity of various education methods to reduce medical accidents among surgical patients and to raise patient safety perception for operating room nurses.

Keyword

Nurses; Operating rooms; Operating room nursing; Patient safety; Surgery