Evaluation of Patient Safety in the Operating Room of Zinder National Hospital Through the Application of the Checklist.

Author(s): Hassane ML, Magagi A, Harouna M, Taofik M, Magagi I, Ibrahim A, Goni Alassan MB, Maikassoua M, Adamou H, Chaibou MS

Introduction: Patient safety encompasses all means of removing sea or to prevent events unwanted or damage from medical care processes. The objective of our study is study the application of The checklist of the WHO to the operating rooms of the Zinder National Hospital (HNZ). Methodology: It was a cross-sectional descriptive study with prospective collection ranging from 1er October to December 31, 2023 that is a period of three (03) Month . The data collection has been made from the anesthesia sheet and of the checklist. Anonymity of patients was respected. Results: Out of 698 interventions carried out, 306 had benefited from a completion of the checklist, i.e. a compliance of 43.84%, the global complétion of the chechlist was zero. completion by sheet varied of 21.73% and 82.6%. The average age was 24.6 years ±24 with extremes of 15 days and 85 years, the male sex predominated with a sex ratio of 1.94. All patients had benefited from a pre-anesthetic consultation(CPA), Classes ASA1 and 2 represented 92 .5 %. A class 1 of Altemeier represented 71.57%. General anesthesia was realized about 69.93% cases. In 63.4% of cases, antibiotic prophylaxis was administered 30 minutes before the procedure. The adverse évents (AE) per operative represented 15.03% with a predominance of cardiovascular and respiratory in respectively 56.5% and 30.4%. Conclusion: The application of the check-list was quite encouraging. It’s important to intensify the awareness of the different actors in order to guarantee the safety of the patient at the bloc.