Standardization of care can reduce the risk of errors, increase efficiency, and provide a framework for best practice. In 2008, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) invited a broad range of stakeholders to create a set of standards for the administration of chemotherapy to adult patients in the outpatient setting. At the close of a full-day str...

this study examines the quality of services at iran’s central library of management and planning organization (mpo) from the viewpoint of its users. the research was conducted in two phases: first, the library and its services were compared to the standards for special libraries published by the national library of iran (nli). the library was found to meet most of the standards. second, the qua...

Alcohol-related amnesia—alcohol blackout—is a common claim of criminal defendants. The generally held belief is that during an alcohol blackout, other cognitive functioning is severely impaired or absent. The presentation of alcohol blackout as scientific evidence in court requires that the science meets legal reliability standards (Frye, FRE702/Daubert). To determine whether “alcohol blackout”...

In a treatment planning study, radiosurgical treatment plans designed to produce lesions on the left atrium were created using two different methodologies. In one, structures in the heart (mitral valve and coronary arteries) were designated as critical structures while this was not done in the second plan. The treatment plans that were created were compared with standards for heart dose used wh...

Work allocation planning is a vital and notoriously difficult task in areas characterised by large work forces, contiguous and sometimes overlapping shifts, regulatory and corporate constraints, and tightly managed work force establishment. In the allocation of nurses to ward shifts, forward planning is widely acknowledged to be essential, but the majority of efforts in this highly constrained ...

the criteria and standards of green space development should be specified before any planning for green space development. the cities' conditions not only rule the creation of vast and more importantly planned and organized green spaces but also demand vast green space in order to establish ecological balance against made environments. this research tries to study green space per capita in...

PURPOSE Because cancer chemotherapy is a high-risk intervention, ASCO and the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) established in 2009 consensus- and evidence-based national standards for the safe administration of chemotherapy. We sought to assess the implementation status of the ASCO/ONS chemotherapy administration safety standards. METHODS A written survey of chemotherapy practices was sent to N...

Intelligent agents provide a means to integrate various manufacturing software applications. The agents are typically executed in a computer-based collaborative environment, sometimes referred to as a multi-agent system. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a prototype multi-agent system supporting the integration of manufacturing planning, predictive machinin...

Federal funding provides state public and private health care systems the ability to build and maintain a reserve supply of ventilators for emergency response to mass casualty incidents. Studying and planning the ventilator reserve capability requires subject-matter expertise, identification of best mechanical-ventilation practices and quality care standards, and contingency planning. Natural d...