Investigating occupational hazards of the operating room and the causes of its occurrence in the operating room nurses of al-Zahra Medical Center

One of the important units in hospital where there is a lot of hazard, is the operating room. One of the most important groups that is exposure to these hazards are operation room nurses. Given that there are few studies on the abundance and causes of hazards for operating room nurses, The presents study was conducted with the aim of determining the occupational hazards evaluation of the operating room and the causes of the it.

In this descriptive cross-sectional study, the data gathering tool was a researcher-made questionnaire in which besides a variety of hazards, the causes of the hazards were also questioned. Samples were selected in an accessible manner.

Of the 70 operating room nurses, 45 completed the questionnaires. Data were analyzed by SPSS software. Among the operational hazards of the operating room, chemical hazards were the most endangered by the average exposure of 26.09 times. Ergonomic hazards with an average number of exposure times of 10.38 and accidental hazards with an average number of exposures of 10.44 are second and third respectively .

Operating room nurses exposure to different hazards. Some of the causes of these hazards can be resolved with simple planning and low cost. Elimination of these causes can have a great impact on reducing risks, reducing costs and improving the quality of the operating room.Key words: Occupational hazards, operating room nurses, operating room