Assessment of Oxygen Gas Cylinder and Its Safety Measurement in Private Medical Care at Peshawar, Pakistan

Abstract

Medical gas delivery equipment is a potential source of patient injury. Recent attention in health care has been on the architecture design of operation theater including equipment, technology, and patient safety. Oxygen cylinder failure is a rare but potentially cataphoric event that can affect the care of patients. Anesthetic gas delivery devices are a concern because they exhibit several basic features that may predispose to critical events and subsequent patient injury. This cross-sectional study was conducted among a sample of 267 from different private medical care centers in Peshawar through a convenience sampling technique from March 2018 to August 2018. A pretested questionnaire proforma was used for data collection. Ethical approval obtained from the head of the institute and a consent form was also signed from concern. Semi government and government hospital, central pipeline supply system was excluded from this study. Data were analyzed through SPSS version 22. A total of 267 oxygen cylinders were observed in which (n=165, 61.7%) cylinders were properly color-coded and the rest (n=102, 38.3%) were not. Of total, (23, 8.6%) cylinders were tested for compliance while 244 (91.3) were not tested, valve cap was present on (n=89, 33.3%), and rest of (n=178, 66.6%) were missing. Lifting (48%), was the major transport process. The least process was rolling (n=28, 10%). we concluded that all the ignorance which has been predominant in private medical care centers may pose a constant threat to the patient’s life and for the operating room team.