Quality of care in the operating room: management actions and strategies for safe practices

Abstract

The aim was to identify which directions are related to the quality of care and patient safety in the operating room. As for the method, it is an integrative review study in which bibliographic research was carried out to obtain information and approach the theme defined for the study, encouraging discussions related to research and allowing the acquisition of relevant knowledge in the field of quality of care in the operating room. The results found are correlated with the search and analysis of evidence on quality control in the surgical center, as well as the role of nurses in this environment, since their actions are fundamental for good surgical practice in all its stages. It was concluded that there are guidelines aimed at the quality of care and patient safety, even if some are still incipient and little discussed, allowing to reinforce the importance of nurse's managerial actions to increase the quality of processes from planned, organized actions and based on scientific evidence, reinforcing its responsibility in promoting best practices in surgical health care units.