Impact of Educational Intervention on Compliance of Health Care Workers Towards Chemotherapy Handling Guidelines

Abstract

Sadeem Alaraidh,1 Lamya S Alnaim,2 Saja H Almazrou2 1General Administration of Pharmaceutical Care, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 2Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Saja H Almazrou, Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Email [email protected]: Chemotherapy safety guidelines have been enacted to minimize their side effects on healthcare providers when handling medications. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of an educational intervention on healthcare workers’ compliance with chemotherapy safety guidelines.Methods: In this study, we used a quasi-experimental, pre-post testing design. It was conducted in the Oncology center at King Saud University Medical City (KSUMC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. All healthcare workers involved in the preparation and administration of chemotherapy medications in KSUMC were invited. We evaluated Educational intervention to ensure the compliance of healthcare workers with standard safety guidelines through a questionnaire with 29 questions in total.Results: Fifty-two participants were eligible in this study. Overall, the score for mean compliance with workplace guidelines among the participants increased from 17.62∓0.78 to 18.17∓0.80 out of 19. Multiple liner regression indicates that there are no variables among the included variables predicting a change in post-intervention.Conclusion: This study indicates that educational intervention is the only effect of compliance in the included sample. Education safety training could improve healthcare workers’ knowledge and consequently improve their compliance in the preparation and administration of chemotherapy medication.Keywords: chemotherapy, safety, pharmacists, nurses

Keywords

• chemotherapy
• safety
• pharmacists
• nurses