@article{Kisacik_Cigerci_2019, title={Use of the surgical safety checklist in the operating room: Operating room nurses’ perspectives: Use of the surgical safety checklist in ORs}, volume={35}, url={https://www.pjms.org.pk/index.php/pjms/article/view/29}, DOI={10.12669/pjms.35.3.29}, abstractNote={<p><em><strong>Objective:</strong> </em>To determine the opinions of operating room nurses towards the Surgical Safety ChecklistTR (SSCTR) and to determine applications for using SSCTR in operating rooms.</p> <p><em><strong>Methods:</strong></em> This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 102 nurses working in the operating rooms of a state hospital and a university hospital in the Afyonkarahisar province. Descriptive statistics method were used for data analysis.</p> <p><em><strong>Results:</strong></em> It was found that all operating room nurses knew the SSCTR and that they had a positive opinion regarding the necessity of the SSCTR. However, most of the participants stated that the SSCTR was not applied effectively in the operating room.</p> <p><em><strong>Conclusion:</strong></em> The results obtained from the study show that changes focusing on the development of a culture of patient safety (PS) and team collaboration in operating rooms must be made in order to apply SSCTR consistently and properly.</p> <p><strong>doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.3.29</strong></p> <p><em><strong>How to cite this:</strong></em><br>Kisacik OG, Cigerci Y. Use of the surgical safety checklist in the operating room: Operating room nurses’ perspectives. Pak J Med Sci. 2019;35(3):614-619. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.3.29</p> <p>This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</p&gt;}, number={3}, journal={Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences}, author={Kisacik, Oznur Gurlek and Cigerci, Yeliz}, year={2019}, month={May} }