Conclusions
In this study, which investigated health workers’ attitudes about
patient safety in perioperative care and the factors affecting these
attitudes, healthcare workers’ operating room patient safety attitudes
were found to be very low. In addition, health workers defined
communication and collaboration between team members as adequate in
various rates. Therefore, this kind of a study is recommended to be
replicated in hospitals that have a more equipped team.
Due to the factors such as high number of patients requiring
perioperative care and various occupational groups’ providing health
care services cause to encounter many problems that risk patient safety.
Therefore, particularly working hours should be regulated according to
laws, all the workers to work in the institution should be provided with
an orientation program, practices that would improve occupational
groups’ communication and cooperation should be organized, and
in-service trainings on patient safety should be organized with the
participation of administrations. Views of the institution about patient
safety culture and each clinic’s general management understanding play
an important role in patient safety attitude.