1368Assessment of Environmental Cleanliness in Outpatient Clinics

How Clean Are the Clinics? Assessment of Environmental Cleanliness in Ambulatory Care

Quality of Outpatient Visits in Selected Public and Private Clinics in Tabriz City in 2018

Quality of Outpatient Visits in Selected Public and Private Clinics in Tabriz City in 2018 Raana Gholamzadeh Nikjoo1, Mobin Sokhanvar2, Khadijeh Motahari rad*3, mohamad taghi khodayari4 1Faculty member. School of Management & medical informatics, Iranian center of excellence in health management, health services management research center, Tabriz University of medical sciences, Tabriz, Iran. 2...

Patients' Perspectives on Responsiveness in Outpatient Clinics of Hospitals at Zanjan University of Medical Sciences

Background and Objectives: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), responsiveness is the ability of health systems to meet the legitimate expectations of populations for non-clinical enhancing aspects of health system. Assessment of responsiveness can help to manage resource allocation and improve strategies. The aim of this study was to assess the responsiveness in outpatient clinics...

E-Health at Outpatient Clinics in Uganda

Monitoring environmental cleanliness on two surgical wards.

Ten hand-touch sites were screened weekly on two surgical wards over two consecutive six-month periods. The results were analysed using hygiene standards, which specify (i) an aerobic colony count (ACC) > 2.5 cfu/cm(2), and (ii) presence of coagulase-positive staphylococci, as hygiene failures. Sites most often failing the standards were beds and hoist (64%: 33 of 52 weeks), bedside lockers (62...