Implementation of a Postpartum Hemorrhage Safety Bundle at an Urban Safety-Net Hospital

Readmissions at a Public Safety Net Hospital

OBJECTIVE We aimed to determine factors related to avoidability of 30-day readmissions at our public, safety net hospital in the United States (US). METHODS We prospectively reviewed medical records of adult internal medicine patients with scheduled and unscheduled 30-day readmissions. We also interviewed patients if they were available. An independent panel used pre-specified, objective crit...

Barriers to Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation: Predicting Enrollment in an Urban, Safety-Net Hospital

Improving best possible medication history with vulnerable patients at an urban safety net academic hospital using pharmacy technicians

Background Best possible medication history (BPMH) enhances the care of safety net patients, especially those with limited English proficiency and limited health literacy who are most vulnerable to medication error during the hospital admission process. Our large urban academic safety net centre faced numerous barriers to achieve BPMH among hospitalised patients including communication barriers...

Safety Pin Suture for Management of Atonic Postpartum Hemorrhage

Objective. To assess the efficacy of a new suture technique in controlling severe resistant uterine atonic postpartum hemorrhage. Patients and Methods. This is a retrospective observational study that included thirteen women with uterine atony and postpartum bleeding that did not react to usual medical management. All these women underwent compressing vertical suture technique in which the ante...

The effects of a safety educational intervention on promoting safety behavior at textile workers

Introduction: Behavioral science is an inseparable part of a comprehensive accident prevention strategy in a work place. This study reports a behavior approach used to evaluate the effects of an occupational safety training intervention on industrial textile workers. Methods: This study is a quasi-experimental based on Solomon 4-group design participatory study, which is conducted as pretest-po...