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Telephone Survey of Hospital Staff Knowledge of Medical Device Surveillance in a Paris Hospital
Service de santé publique
Commission locale de matériovigilance
Service de santé publique, Groupe hospitalier Cochin-Saint Vincent de Paul AP-HP, Faculté de médecine Cochin-Port Royal, Université René Descartes, Paris, France Reporting of incidents or near incidents because of medical devices in French hospitals relies on procedures following European and national guidelines. The authors intend to evaluate hospital staff knowledge on these surveillance procedures as a marker of appropriate application. A telephone survey is conducted on a sample of Paris University hospital staff (n = 327) using a structured questionnaire. Two-hundred sixteen persons completed the questionnaire. The response rate was lower among physicians, especially surgeons paid on an hourly basis. Rates of correct answers were different according to age, seniority, job, and department categories. Physicians and nurses correctly answered questions on theoretical knowledge more often than the other job categories. However, on questions dealing with actual practice conditions, correct answers depended more on age and seniority with a U-shaped distribution (minimum rates in intermediate categories of age and seniority).
Key Words: medical devices • continuing education • safety management
Evaluation & the Health Professions, Vol. 27, No. 4,
398-409 (2004) |
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