Use of Mobile Phone in the Operating Room

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Objective: In this study, it was aimed to determine the mobile phone usage status of healthcare professionals working in the operating room.
Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in 2019 with 71 healthcare professionals working in the operating rooms of a university hospital. The data were collected using the "Individual Identification and Information Form". Descriptive statistics and chi-square test were used in the analysis of the data.
Results: The average age of healthcare professionals working in the operating room is 33.95±7.4 years, 54.9% of them are women, 43.7% of them are undergraduate, 49.3% of them are nurses and 29.6% of them work in the general surgery operating room. It was observed that 39.4% of the healthcare professionals working in the operating room used their mobile phone for 1-4 hours, 93.0% used mobile phones in the operating room and 95.8% used the same mobile phone at home and in the operating room. It was observed that 90.0% of the healthcare professionals had no restrictions on the use of mobile phones in their operating rooms, 77.5% thought that the mobile phone was a risk factor for healthcare-associated infections, but 52.1% did not take measures to protect against infection risk.
Conclusion: It was observed that the majority of healthcare professionals use mobile phones in the operating room and slightly more than half of them did not take measures to prevent infection.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Operating room
• Cell phone
• Health personnel.

Ameliyathanede Cep Telefonu Kullanımı

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Amaç: Bu çalışmada ameliyathanede çalışan sağlık çalışanlarının cep telefonu kullanım durumlarının belirlenmesi amaçlandı.
Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı tipte olan bu çalışma 2019 yılında bir üniversitesi hastanesinin ameliyathanelerinde çalışan 71 sağlık çalışanı ile yürütüldü. Veriler “Birey Tanılama ve Bilgi Formu” kullanılarak toplandı. Verilerin analizinde tanımlayıcı istatistikler ve ki-kare testi kullanıldı.
Bulgular: Ameliyathanede çalışan sağlık çalışanlarının yaş ortalaması %33.95±7.4 yaş, %54.9’u kadın, %43.7’si lisans mezunu, 49.3’ü hemşire olup %29.6’sı da genel cerrahi ameliyathanede çalışmaktadır. Ameliyathanede çalışan sağlık çalışanlarının %39.4’ünün cep telefonunu 1-4 saat arasında kullandığı, %93.0’ının ameliyathanede cep telefonu kullandığı ve %95.8’sinin evde ve ameliyathanede aynı cep telefonunu kullandığı görüldü. Sağlık çalışanlarının %90.0’ının çalıştıkları ameliyathanede cep telefonu kullanımı ile ilgili kısıtlama olmadığı, %77.5’inin cep telefonunun sağlık hizmeti ilişkili enfeksiyonlar için risk faktörü olduğunu düşündüğü ancak %52.1’inin enfeksiyon riskinden korunmaya yönelik önlem almadığı görüldü.
Sonuç: Sağlık çalışanlarının büyük çoğunluğunun ameliyathanede cep telefonu kullandığı ve yarısından biraz fazlasının enfeksiyondan korunmaya yönelik önlem almadığı görüldü.  

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Ameliyathane
• Cep telefonu
• Sağlık çalışanı

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