Investigation on health and occupational protection status of PMMA bone cement among nurses in Changzhou surgery rooms
QIANG Shudan
CHEN Zhiqiang
XIAO Li
GAO Juan
Abstract：Objective To investigate the status quo of occupational health protection of PMMA bone cement among operating room nurses in hospitals carrying out hip and knee replacement surgery in Changzhou,and to provide reference for strengthening the health protection of PMMA bone cement among operating room nurses in Changzhou.Methods From May 06 to 13,2024,a cross-sectional survey was conducted among all operating room nurses in hospitals performing orthopedic joint replacement surgery in Changzhou City by using Questionnaire Star.The questionnaire content included basic information,knowledge about PMMA bone cement,and occupational protection related to PMMA bone cement.Results 293 operating room nurses from 14 hospitals in Changzhou participated in the questionnaire survey.76.79%of nurses did not participate in or only participated in 1～2 training of relevant knowledge;88.40%of nurses hoped to acquire more professional knowledge about PMMA bone cement;71.67%of nurses believed that it was very necessary for hospitals to implement or even increase the training on the use of PMMA bone cement,and the degree of related hazards.In terms of protection status,88.74%of operating room nurses participated in hip and knee replacement surgery every month;61.09%of nurses believed that the hospital had taken some targeted protective measures.However,in the relevant targeted personal protective measures,the proportion used by nurses was low:30.03%of nurses used disposable filter gas masks or disposable activated carbon masks during the operation,27.30%of nurses wore chemical safety protective glasses,and 36.18%of nurses thought that contact lenses should not be worn during the operation.98.98%of nurses indicated that they were willing or very willing to take necessary protective measures in their future work.Conclusion The operating room nurses in Changzhou have a low degree of knowledge about PMMA bone cement and do not know the harm of PMMA bone cement,but most of them hope to acquire more relevant professional knowledge.At the same time,in terms of occupational protection measures,there are obvious inadequate training and non-standard protection,and as the operating room nurses,their willingness to protection is relatively strong.Therefore,it is necessary to adopt appropriate training methods to strengthen the training of nurses at all levels in the operating room,improve everyone's protection awareness of PMMA bone cement,and improve the level of protection.
Keywords：operating room nursePMMA bone cementoccupational protectioncurrent situation investigation
Publication Date：2024-10-20
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 60-64 )