Impact of an Information Booklet on Surgical Safety Knowledge and Practices among Operating Theatre Nurses

Background: According to second global patient safety challenge of WHO is "Safe Surgery Saves Lives."Staff nurses are one of the pillar of operating room and their knowledge and practice level regarding Surgical Safety Measures are very important aspects to be assessed. Purpose:To upgrade the knowledge and practice level through the Information Booklet on Surgical Safety Measures of OT Staff nurses at selected hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal.Objective: To assess the knowledge and practice on who checklist of O.T nurses and to determine the effectiveness of Information Booklet on WHO checklist regarding surgical safety measures in terms of gain in knowledge and practice score of them.Design: Pre experimental one group pre-test post-test design.Method: A structured questionnaire on knowledge and an observation checklist on practice was developed, validated and utilized for the data collection.Pretest was taken on selected 30 OT nurses, intervention given through the information booklet, and a post test was taken along with the observation on practice. Results:The mean pre-test knowledge score was 12.5 and post-test knowledge score was 21.57 and the information booklet was effective as calculated paired "t" value for both knowledge and practice were [t (29) = 2.05, p < 0.05].Accordingly the mean pretest practice score 9.73 and post-test practice score was 15.13. Conclusion:According to findings there were no significant association present between age, duration of profession, OT experience, Inservice education and workshop experience with pretest knowledge score of the OT nurses at the 0.05 level of significance.