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Occupational Health and Safety in Operating Rooms

In: Healthcare Access

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  • Hulya Gul

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Nurses are one of the most endeavored members of healthcare services. Operating rooms, on the other hand, require special caution and contain various hazards for healthcare professionals. Operating rooms contain various risk factors related to applications, infrastructure and humans. It is one of the areas that need nursing care the most since patients are dependent on their nurses to meet their personal needs. Nurses are exposed to various risk and health problems in operating rooms. Healthcare service provided by nurses working in a healthy environment directly affects the health and quality of life of those who receive the service. In order to prevent these problems, intensive up-to-date educations on occupational risks and employee safety should be provided for the nurses working in operating rooms. In addition to the general occupational hygiene measures, different precautions should be taken for the operating rooms. Working in a healthy and safe environment is a human right that every individual must have. Managers of the medical institutions should be attentive to follow the laws and sanctions on occupational health and safety, institutions should be inspected frequently and monitored carefully. In this section, this subject will be studied in line with actual data and resources.

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  • Hulya Gul, 2022. "Occupational Health and Safety in Operating Rooms," Chapters, in: Amit Agrawal & Srinivas Kosgi (ed.), Healthcare Access, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:228071
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.97223
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    Keywords

    Nurses; hospitals; operating room; occupational health; occupational safety;
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    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets

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