introduction: safety climate received substantial attention due to its potential for explaining variation in safety-related outcomes. the present study examined degree of safety climate related to fatalism and perceived helplessness among workers’ isfahan steel company. materials and methods: the current study was a correlation study. sample consisting of 189 employees in isfahan steel company ...

The purpose of this article is to provide the reader with a better understanding of radiation hormesis, the investigational research that supports or does not support the theory, and the relationship between the theory and current radiation safety guidelines and practices. The concept of radiation hormesis is known to nuclear medicine technologists, but understanding its complexities and the hi...

INTRODUCTION The objective of radiation safety assessment of an operating nuclear power plant (NPP) is to assure that the licensee’s radiation protection program (RPP) has achieved the goal of radiation protection. For this, currently Korean regulatory safety inspection program is aimed at ensuring compliance with licensing requirements and regulations. The legislation requires that inspections...

BACKGROUND Patient safety is a major public health issue, and the knowledge, skills, and experience of health professionals are very much essential for improving patient safety. Patient safety and medication error are very much associated. Pharmacists play a significant role in patient safety. The function of pharmacists in the medication use process is very different from medical and nursing c...

Quality and safety improvements in radiology and medical imaging are substantially affected by radiation dose and its relationship to image quality and patient safety. Because radiation dose has many definitions and meanings, familiarity with and understanding of the basic nuances are important; modalities in general use radiation dose metrics that differ from patient radiation dose. Dose metri...

Risk communication aims to promote health and understanding through information exchange; however, explanations regarding the basis of regulation values for the public are insufficient. Moreover, it is unclear how information presentation affects the public's sense of safety and their consumption intentions. We first investigated the relationship between perception of mercury-risk in fish and s...

Background: In this study, we promote a global approach to occupational risk perception in order improve health and safety training programs. The study investigates the of operating room healthcare workers using an Analytic Hierarchy Process approach. Methods: A pilot was carried out through cross-sectional survey university hospital Southern Italy. An ad hoc questionnaire administered enrolled...