Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research1735-9066132200902134545MSc, Department of Operating Room Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranBSc, Manager of Operating Room, Al-Zahra Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranMSc, Department of Operating Room Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranMSc, Department of Operating Room Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranMSc, Department of Operating Room Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran20101113<strong>Background:</strong> Personal protection equipments (PPEs) should be easily accessible to decrease contact with infecting factors<br />and also should be used purposefully to effectively keep the health care personnel in a safe distance from the patient blood<br />and body fluid which can easily infect the operating rooms personnel. This study aimed to find the operating rooms' personnel<br />compliance with standards of two PPE items, mask and eye/face protection and the effective factors on their compliance.<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> This was a descriptive correlative study. Sampling method was simple and 250 operating room personnel were<br />selected. Data were collected by a questionnaire consisting of three parts; demographic characteristics and standards usage<br />of mask and eye/face protection. Participants were divided into four groups of perfect, favorable, relatively acceptable and<br />deficient based on their scores of their compliance with standards in the second and third parts of the questionnaire.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> The favorable compliance with standard usage of mask and eye/face protection was 33.9% and 46.4%, respectively.<br />Participants said that lack of mask and eye/face protection was the main effective factor for their compliance. There was<br />no significant relationship between work place and educational degree, and the personnel's compliance with standard usage<br />of eye/face protection and mask.<br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Compliance with standard usage of mask is not acceptable and is almost in agreement with other studies. The<br />important point is that there is no significant difference between personnel's compliance with standard usage of mask and<br />eye/face protection in high risk and low risk environments.<br /><strong>Key words:</strong> Compliance with standards, personal protection equipments, effective factors, operating room personnelhttp://ijnmr.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijnmr/article/view/45http://ijnmr.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijnmr/article/download/45/45