Surgical fires are both sentinel and never events; however, approximately 200 to 650
surgical fires in the United States are reported per year. These events can result in death;
therefore, deeply impacting surgical staffs and hospital systems emotionally, physically, and
financially. This scholarly project looked to increase knowledge concerning surgical fire safety
and prevention via mobile device application using nurse anesthesia students at the University of
Saint Francis.
Educational questions were provided in a question-of-the-day format over a period of five
days. Participants completed five questions per day for a total of 25 questions. These same
questions were also used in pre- and posttest formats to measure any increase in knowledge.
Rationales were provided to serve as an intervention. Once completed, an anonymous
participation satisfaction survey was completed to provide feedback.
Employing SPSS Statistics 25 for analysis purposes, pre- and posttest scores were
compared to determine significance of utilizing mobile device application for educational
purposes. The mean pretest score was 125.56 (standard deviation (SD) = 27.49) while the mean
posttest score was 180.56 (SD = 13.05). Using a confidence interval of 95%, a paired samples ttest produced a p value < .001; thus, suggesting the utilization of education through mobile
device application concerning surgical fire safety and prevention increased knowledge.
With the success of this educational intervention, is was recommended to continue the
development of the mobile application. In this development, additional educational material
would be provided along with the inclusion of other members of the surgical team.

Creator

• Jeffrey C. Henry BSN, RN, DNP-NAP Student

Keyword

• mobile device application

• surgical fire prevention

• surgical fire

• surgical fire safety

• application

Date created

• June 2020

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