Purpose: This descriptive study was conducted to determine the risks of medical sets on patient safety and associated factors in pediatric services.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted between May 15 and December 15 2016 in the clinics of Hacettepe University İhsan Doğramacı Children’s Hospital. In the study, 812 medical sets were evaluated in a total of 400 patients.
Results: The entrainment state of the medical devices was determined as 40,5%. A statistically significant correlation was found between the complexity of the medical sets and the activity level of the children and the number of sets. 72,6% of the nurses stated that they had problems with medical sets. The problems that they have experienced were as follows: entanglement of medical sets (60,7%), the sets are left under a body part (42,9%), the entanglement of sets around an extremity (38,1%), and confusion in medications due to the presence of numerous sets (34,5%).
Conclusion: The increase in the number of medical sets and the activity level of the children increases the risk of being exposed to patient safety violations caused by the set entanglements of the children. The findings of the study indicate the need of developing applicable solutions to prevent the entanglement of medical sets in pediatric patients