Amaç: Bu çalışma ameliyathane hemşirelerinin cerrahi dumana ilişkin yaşadıkları sağlık sorunları ve korunmaya yönelik kullandıkları yöntemleri belirlemek amacı ile tanımlayıcı desende yapılmıştır. 
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BACKGROUND Numerous electronic devices have been introduced into operating rooms. Although little is known about the relationship between exposure to electromagnetic fields and health hazards, several studies have demonstrated causal relationships between electromagnetic fields exposure and various symptoms, cancers, and other diseases. METHODS This study was approved by the Institutional Rev...

Healthcare organizations are actually facing a paradoxical situation where resources are decreasing just as and costs and demand for services are increasing (Callahan, 1999). The economic and financial crisis has also had an important impact on the healthcare sector. Available resources have decreased, while at the same time costs as well as demand for healthcare services are on the rise (Mlado...

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health received a health hazard evaluation request from West Virginia University Hospital, Morgantown, to evaluate noise exposures from surgical instruments in the OR. Four surgical technologists, four RNs, and one surgeon wore noise dosimeters to measure full-shift personal noise exposures during two days while they performed typical daily act...

background: the aim of this study was assessment the risk management status of waste anesthetic gases in academicals hospitals in iran to prevent from harmful effects of these gases on employees' health. methods: a descriptive-analytic study was designed in 2011. standard structured checklist developed by ecri institute (emergency care research institute) was applied. checklists were filled ons...

the child’s distress. It may be that effective methods of training can be developed for parental presence during induction of anesthesia. Therefore, in our center, we do not offer parental presence to all patients, but rather respond to each request based on the individual child, parent, and anesthesiologist. We agree that separation anxiety is a major problem after surgery in children. This po...