Vol. 4, Issue 5, Part G (2018)

Objectives of the study

Methodology: A study was conducted in selected hospitals, at Tumkur. A descriptive design was used. 100 operation theatre staff nurses were selected. Self administered knowledge questionnaire and attitude scale was distributed.

Major findings and results: The results shown that 100 Operation Theatre staff nurses 78 (78.0%) are having inadequate knowledge, regarding surgical safety checklist and 86 (86.0%) operation theatre staff nurses were having moderately favorable attitude regarding surgical safety checklist. The correlation coefficient of the overall Mean knowledge and Mean attitude of operation theatre staff nurses as r = 0.30 which was found to be not significant at p<0.05 level hence there is a positive mild linear correlation between knowledge and attitude regarding surgical safety checklist. The chi square value shown that there was significant association between the level of knowledge with information χ²=09.24 and years of experience χ²=8.98. But the other socio demographic variables did not show any significant association. The chi square value shown that there was significant association between the level of attitude with years of experience χ²=10.64 nature of appointment χ²=4.03 monthly income χ²=14.32. But the other demographic variables did not shown any significant association.

Interpretation and Conclusion: The findings of this study support the need for conducting an awareness programme on standardized surgical checklist in surgery on patient safety. The study proved that majority of the Operation Theatre staff nurses had inadequate knowledge and moderately favorable attitude on standardized surgical checklist in surgery on patient safety.