improving cleaning and disinfection performance must be taken into account for prevention and control of infection. health care settings are engaged in a battle against healthcare associated infection (hais). the importance of infection prevention and control is increasing due to rapidly developing strains of multi-drug resistant organisms (mdros) that can result in serious illness and even dea...

objectives: the aim of this study was to assess the mental health of patients admitted in internal medicine, surgery and gynecology wards of imam khomeini hospital of tehran in 2009. method: the symptom checklist-90-r (scl-90-r) questionnaire was administered for 93 patients in internal, surgical and gynecological wards of imam khomeini hospital in 2009. result: in this study, the mean age was ...

background: to increase safety of patients and staffs in hospitals, safety standards and regulations must be considered. this study was conducted to evaluate safety conditions in hospitals affiliated to kerman university of medical sciences.   methods: this cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in various wards and units of four hospitals affiliated to kerman university of medical sci...

background hospital personnel of services related to donation and transplantation process play a fundamental role in the development of transplantation. objectives the aim of this study was to investigate the attitude toward living liver donation (lld) among hospital personnel from services related to donation and transplantation in hospital centers in spain and latin america. materials and met...

introduction: cancer research is one of the essential activities for its control and treatment. hospital based cancer registry system is an information system designed to collect, organize and analyze data on cancer. the objective of the present study was to compare hospital based cancer registry system in iran with that in the usa. methods: this research was a comparative study. studied popula...

background: hospital surge capacity (hsc) is essential to the successful management of expected consequences of disasters and mass casualty incidents (mcis). in mcis, an unanticipated number of sick or injured people refer to the hospital, and thus, the hospital is faced with a significant increase in the burden of necessary activities and services. therefore, managing the process in order to m...

organizational justice is the employee perceptions on fairness and justice in work relationships and behaviors in the organization. organizational commitment is individual’s participation in organization and their sense of belonging to the organization and job. this study was conducted to identify the relationship between organizational justice and organizational commitment from the view of adm...

background: the german cockroach, blattella germanica l . , is a serious household and public health pest worldwide. con­trol of this species has been very difficult to achieve. toxicity of cypermethrin ec10%, deltamethrin ec5%, diazi­non ec0.5%, lambda-cyhalothrin ec5% and negon® (permethrin+propoxur oil liquid1%) commercial for­mula­tions were investigated against adult males of german cockro...

background: philosophical thinking is an activity that focuses on the mind, sensitivity, understanding and links between them. managers with philosophical thinking are able to make decisions for the entire organization. they make fewer errors and provide a balance between manpower and organization maintenance. such abilities can be influenced by demographic characteristics of the managers. the ...