THE LEVEL OF INJECTION SAFETY STANDARDS COMPLIANCE BY EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT NURSES OF EDUCATIONAL HOSPITALS IN URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE IN 2015

Safety is a fundamental principle of patient care. The use of safe injection practices by nurses to maintain patient's and healthcare provider's safety and to prevent transmission of blood-borne diseases is of particular importance.
This study aims to determine the level of injection-safety standards complied by the Nurses of Educational Centers Emergency Departments in Urmia University of Medical Sciences.
In this cross-sectional descriptive study, 210 injections administered by nurses in emergency department's of selected hospitals of Urmia University of Medical Science were observed in succession. The data were collected by a demographics questionnaire and observational checklist of safe injection standards. The data were analyzed using SPSS software, and they were reported in the tables.
In a piecemeal approach, the findings showed that, the level of injection-safety standards complied by nurses before injection, were relatively favorable (84/8%) in most injections. In 15.2% of the injections, it was reported to be favorable, and there were no unfavorable injection. During the injection stage, most injections (87/6%) were in the favorable range, 11% of injections were relatively favorable and only 1/4% of injections were unfavorable. In the post-injection stage, most injections (87/6%) were in the favorable range, 9/5% of injections were relatively favorable and only 2/9% of injections were unfavorable. The results of ANOVA Test showed a significant statistical difference among groups according to observed results in the use of safe injection standards in the when-injection stage (P= 0/008). Also, according to the observed results in the use of safe injection standards, the results of PCC showed a significant correlation between the pre-injection and the injection stages (r= 0/159), (P= 0/01); it was the same in the pre-injection and post-injection stages (r= 0/225), (P= 0/001).
In an overall investigation of the findings of our study, most injections were relatively favorable. Since the World Health Organization recommends full compliance with these standards, and it recognizes the slightest failure in their usage as the factor of disease transmission, so these standards must be fully complied by nurses.