Staff Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Clinical Risks in Neonatology at the Tengandogo University Hospital Center, Burkina Faso

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Résumé

Patient safety requires good clinical risk management in hospitals. Very few studies focus on clinical risks in neonatology. We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study on staff knowledge and attitudes regarding clinical risks in the care of newborns at Tengandogo University Hospital. The results showed that 100% (22/22) of neonatology staff were aware of the risks of healthcare-associated infections, aspiration during feeding, bleeding from injection sites, and visual and genital damage during phototherapy. Good knowledge (>70%) was also observed regarding most sources of risk in neonatology, with, however, an average level of knowledge of risk sources related to drug prescription (68%), filling out monitoring materials (68%), and newborn discharge (59%). In addition, 36.3% (08/22) of staff performed inadequately with regard to the use of protective equipment when placing an umbilical venous line. In order to improve the care of newborns at the CHU-T, awareness-raising and training actions for neonatology staff are necessary to increase their level of knowledge and attitudes toward clinical risk.

Mots-clés

Neonatology, University hospital, Medical prescription, Patient safety, Risk management, Risk assessment, Descriptive research, Neonatal intensive care unit