Introduction Improving quality of maternal care as well as patients' safety are two important issues in health-care service. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the culture of patient safety at maternity units. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted among staffs working at maternity units in seven hospitals of Ilam city, Iran. The staffs included in this study were gynecologists a...

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of sick building syndrome (SBS) and other factors contributing to probable mental health problems among university laboratory staffs. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 264 laboratory staffs in UPM. Data was collected using validated self-administrated questionnaires consists of Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ), General Health Questi...

evaluating patient safety culture in personnel of academic hospitals in urmia university of medical sciences in 2011     baghaei r [1] , nourani d [2] * , khalkhali hr [3] , pirnejad h [4]     received: 10 oct , 2011 accepted: 2 jan , 2012   abstract   background & aims : healthcare organizations in iran are striving to improve patient safety and quality of care through implementation of safety...

The “food literacy” is increasingly used to describe knowledge, skills and behaviors needed meet food needs. aim of this survey research was measure literacy level among elderly teachers education staffs. Methods: This surveillance using FLQ-EE(Food Literacy Questionnaires Elderly Education staffs) which created by authors. participants were 170 staffs selected census population in Bangkok Prov...

The professionalism of Education staffs IPB University is an important aspect in supporting higher education business processes to provide public services stakeholders. Therefore, they need have a good competence purpose this study analyze (1) the direct effect quality work life on performance staffs, (2) motivation and (3) indirect variables due motivation. results data processing 222 research...

Objective(s) In India, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification is not part of routine training during medical or nursing schooling and such trainings are offered in only very few centers during selected days with limited participant numbers. It is not possible to enroll all health care staff in the hospital for such a training as it is time consuming and the cost of such train...

background: inherent toxicity of cytotoxic drugs is the basis for their potential adverse risks from occupational exposure to the nursing staff. in iran, chemotherapy regimens are prescribed and administered according to the world updated protocols. but little is done regarding the protective standards in this field. methods: an observational cross-sectional survey was conducted among nurses wh...

In January 2010, Podiatry staff at Caulfield Hospital were approached to provide a wound round at Caulfield’s Aged Psychiatric care facility, Namara. Staff at the facility acknowledged an increasing prevalence of foot wounds and a concern was raised by senior staff that the nursing staff had limited wound management knowledge and that it was difficult to transfer the residents to other sites fo...

BACKGROUND Chronic pain affects nursing home residents' daily life. Pain assessment is central to adequate pain management. The overall aim was to investigate effects of a pain management intervention on nursing homes residents and to describe staffs' experiences of the intervention. METHODS A cluster-randomized trial and a mixed-methods approach. Randomized nursing home assignment to interve...