assessment of safety status in operating rooms of shahid beheshti hospital, isfahan, iran by the world health organization standards for safety-friendly hospitals

introduction: global patient safety is the concern of all areas of the health care. in addition to the human suffering in those inflicted unsafe care and services, it has a heavy economic cost. due to the sensitive patient safety in the operation rooms, the present study aimed to assess patient safety in the operating rooms. methods: this was a descriptive cross-sectional study that was conducted in shahid beheshti hospital, isfahan, iran operating room in 2011. the data were collected through standard questionnaires for patient safety friendly hospital census from 20 senior, middle and executive managers as well as operating room staff of shahid beheshti hospital. in order to assess the level of patient safety, average score of 0-0.5 represented a poor level of performance, 0.5-0.7 an average level and 0.7-1.0 showed an intermediate level. results: average score for rule and leadership was 0.7 ± 0.35. in community participation and interaction with patients 0.56 ± 0.37, in evidence-based clinical services 0.73 ± 0.35, in safe and secure environment 0.78 ± 0.37 which indicated the average, good, good, and good states, respectively. the average overall safety score was 0.71 ± 0.36 and showed a good performance. conclusion: although the score for the level of safety was good, the organizational policies and programs in this area at present are not sufficient to achieve a higher level. necessary investments in strategic planning must be investigated in order to achieve 100% standards in the four domains.