abstract background: technical, human, operational and organizational factors have been influencing the sequence of occupational accidents. among them, organizational factors play a major role in causing occupational accidents. the aim of this research was to understand the iranian safety experts’ experiences and perception of organizational factors. methods: this qualitative study was conducte...

To enhance Patient’s safety, we need effective methods for risk management. This work aims to propose an integrated approach to risk management for a hospital system. To improve patient’s safety, we should develop flexible methods where different aspects of risk and type of information are taken into consideration. This paper proposes a fuzzy Bayesian network to model and analyze risk in the op...

in a crisis, daily life of people is threatened by disaster. the management of the crisis is both a science and an art in which attempts are made to restore the critical situation to a normal one, not necessarily to the same conditions which existed before the crisis took place. the ability of a manager to overcome the crisis depends on his readiness before it occurs. in this review article, th...

background: there are inconsistencies about the effects of farmworker housing and workplace conditions and use of self-protective behavior practices and personal protective equipment (ppe). objective: to investigate the association between workplace and housing conditions and farmworker use of pesticide safety practices and ppe. methods: this study was conducted in 4 counties in north carolina,...

abstract project management in construction industry, in many cases, is imperfect with respect to the integration of occupational health and safety (ohs) risks. this imperfection exhibits itself as complications affecting the riskiness of industrial procedures and is illustrated usually by poor awareness of ohs within project teams. difficulties on ohs regularly came about in the construction i...

this study focused on the public transport risk assessment in district one of ​​tehran through fault tree analysis involving the three criteria of human, vehicle and road in haddon matrix. in fact, it examined the factors contributing to the occurrence of road accidents at several urban black spots within district 1. relying on road safety checklists and survey of experts, this study made an ef...

Background: Patient safety culture in healthcare organizations has become an important issue globally for improving medical services. In 2016, Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI) system covered 99.6% of Taiwan’s population. With the enhancement of medical quality, patients expect medical service providers to care more about safety and medical service. Understanding physici...

introduction: patient safety improvement requires ongoing culture. this cultural change is the most important challenge that managers are faced with in creation of a safe system. this study aims to show the results of initiatives to improvement in patient safety culture in fateme al-zahra hospital. method: in the quasi-experimental research, patient safety culture was measured using the persian...