OBJECTIVE To understand fundamental attitudes towards patient safety culture and ways in which attitudes vary by hospital, job class, and clinical status. DESIGN Using a closed ended survey, respondents were questioned on 16 topics important to a culture of safety in health care or other industries plus demographic information. The survey was conducted by US mail (with an option to respond by...

For any software system upon which lives depend, the most important question one can ask about it is, ‘How do we know the system is safe?’ Despite the critical importance of this question, no widely accepted, generally applicable answer exists. Instead, debate continues to rage over the question, with theorists and practitioners quarrelling with each other and amongst themselves. This paper sug...

The aim of this paper is to present a measure of the performance of Food Safety Management System (FSMS) implemented in five municipal abattoirs situated in Edo State, Nigeria. Hygiene status of the abattoirs was assessed by a quantitative interpretation of observations obtained from visual inspection of abattoir’s operations by a 3-member panelist. Hygiene assessment was then confirmed by micr...

background;despite advances in technology, people are still exposed to fire hazard. students can be one of the most important exposed groups. therefore, fire safety inspection should be established in dormitories. the aim of this study was to develop a fire safety checklist for fire safety inspection in dormitories. methods; this study was as a tool development followed by a cross-sectional stu...

original article   training interventions are regarded as essential managerial strategies in various organizations. the present study investigated managerial interventions in training based on deming model and their effectiveness to decrease the rate of unsafe behaviors of workers. it was a case study, conducted in a rolling industry and a descriptive- analytic research, done periodically durin...

Traffic accident and fatality rates can be utilized as indicators of traffic safety, but cannot reflect the overall status of traffic safety in a country. This paper uses a holistic perspective approach to investigate traffic safety in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Initially, 12 potential items were selected to investigate the issue of traffic safety in the country. The investigation included...

Safety is a critical issue for the construction industry. Literature argues that human error contributes to more than half of occupational incidents and could be directly impacted by effective training programs. This paper reviews the current safety training status in the US construction industry. Results from the review evidence the gap between the status and industry expectation on safety. To...

This study aimed to determine whether associations between the perceived environment and physical activity are moderated by urban-rural status among midolder aged adults. Environmental (safety, aesthetics, physical activity environment) and physical activity (total, leisure, transport) data from 3,888 adults (55 to 65 years) from urban and rural areas of Victoria, Australia, were analyzed. Mult...

BACKGROUND Nowadays, patient safety issue is among one of the main concerns of the hospital policy worldwide. This study aimed to evaluate the patient safety status in hospitals affiliated to Semnan city, using the WHO model for Patient Safety Friendly Hospital Initiatives (PSFHI) in summer 2014. METHODS That was a cross sectional descriptive study that addressed patient safety , which explai...