Incidence of Adverse Events in Central Sterile Supply Department: A Single-Center Retrospective Study

Figures & data

Figure 1 Distribution of adverse events in each link of CSSD.

Figure 2 Grade distribution of adverse events in CSSD.

Table 1 Comparison of the Occurrence of Adverse Events in the CSSD

Project	Class	Total	Adverse Events	No Adverse Events	X^2	P
Gender of the Person Responsible	Man	132	58	74	2.296	0.159
	Woman	124	43	81
Age (year)	<25	22	8	14	6.939	0.139
	25–35	88	30	58
	35–45	96	38	58
	45–55	34	20	14
	>55	16	5	11
Type Of personnel	Nurse	40	5	35	15.997	<0.001
	Skilled worker	14	4	10
	General Worker	202	92	110
Educational background	Junior high school and below	33	16	17	83.738	<0.001
	High school or technical secondary school	64	51	13
	Junior college	80	30	50
	Undergraduate course	79	4	75
Working life (year)	<2	46	39	7	83.716	<0.001
	2–5	74	42	32
	5–9	83	12	71
	>9	53	8	45
The type of natural day	Day	136,808	97	136,711	0.137	0.578
	Festival and holiday	4672	4	4668
Time period of device handling	8–11	26,580	19	26,561	0.751	0.861
	12–16	43,883	30	43,853
	17–20	45,370	36	45,334
	20–0	25,647	16	25,631
The size of the surgical package	Small bag	31,796	18	31,778	8.438	0.038
	Medium package	48,567	25	48,542
	Big bag	41,647	39	41,608
	Jumbo bag	19,470	19	19,451
Number of instruments in the surgical package (piece)	<10	16,478	8	16,470	16.613	0.002
	10–20	44,920	18	44,902
	20–30	34,675	26	34,649
	30–40	25,647	30	25,617
	>40	19,760	19	19,741
Structure of the surgical instrument	Routine surgical instruments	67,628	39	67,589	84.906	<0.001
	Electrical power system operating equipment	9870	4	9866
	Tubular surgical instruments	12,640	11	12,629
	Jointed or grooved surgical instruments	34,864	8	34,856
	Precision and complexity of the surgical instruments	9108	26	9082
	Other	7370	13	7357