OBJECTIVES To quantify the risk glaucoma patients are at, having their eye treatment omitted on admission to non-ophthalmic wards at a tertiary referral centre. DESIGN A criterion audit surveying all adult inpatients on 13 wards at a tertiary referral centre on two separate dates to reduce convenient sample bias. SETTING A tertiary referral centre in the West Midlands of England. PARTICIP...

OBJECTIVES To assess compliance with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) guidelines of prophylactic antibiotic use in private hospitals in Shiraz, Iran. METHODS This cross-sectional study was performed using prospective data gathered from April to September 2010 in the surgical wards of all private hospitals in Shiraz. Administrative data, patient characteristics, and ant...

Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI), are a cause of prolonged hospital stay, are inconvenient for the patient, constitute an economic burden on health care and increase the mortality of hospitalised patients. The aim of this point prevalence study was to estimate the burden of various hospital acquired infections in our hospital and the major related risk factors for acquiring HAIs. This study h...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a problem within healthcare organizations and in the community. The aims of this study were to identify the prevalence of S. aureus in the anterior nares of surgical unit staff, to analyse their antibiogram with special reference to methicillin resistance, and to compare the isolates among surgical unit staff and in relation to the wards whe...

INTRODUCTION Transfusion is an activity that assures sufficient supply of blood and blood components to treat the sick and injured. In transfusion departments is necessary to timely provide adequate amounts of blood and blood products for various surgical procedures. MATERIAL AND METHODS To determine the total amount of preoperative requirements (BT/AB and BT/AB/MT) for blood and blood produc...