Operating rooms have become the most important areas in hospitals because of the scarcity and cost of resources. The present study investigates operating room scheduling and rescheduling considering the priority of surgical patients in a specialized hospital. The ultimate purpose of scheduling is to minimize patient waiting time, surgeon idle time between surgeries, and penalties for deviations...

introduction: global patient safety is the concern of all areas of the health care. in addition to the human suffering in those inflicted unsafe care and services, it has a heavy economic cost. due to the sensitive patient safety in the operation rooms, the present study aimed to assess patient safety in the operating rooms. methods: this was a descriptive cross-sectional study that was conduct...

background: the objectives of an educational system in a society are based on society's requirements. since personnel knowledge and skill are not qualified with the advantages of science and invention of new tools, new needs are arisen. comparing the curriculum of undergraduate course of operating room of our country with international societies, it seems that this curriculum is not a good one ...

due to the importance of correct posture for preventing musculoskeletal disorders, the purpose of this study was to evaluate theory of planned behavior in predicting correct body posture in operating room nurses.in this cross-sectional study, participants (n=100) were nurses from five hospitals located in northern iran. participants completed demographic data and theory of planned behavior cons...

background and aim: nosocomial infections have been always among the major problems of healthcare delivery systems. the operating room is an appropriate place for causing severe nosocomial infections. knowledge of infection control guidelines and standards is the key to infection prevention. this study was conducted to investigate nurses’ knowledge and self-efficacy regarding the principles of ...