OBJECTIVE Clinical Governance (CG) program has been raised in Iran in order to improve the quality of clinical care. The purpose of this study is to investigate the awareness of clinical governance program among clinical staff working in selected teaching hospitals in Tehran, Iran. METHODS To investigate the CG awareness, a cross-sectional survey was conducted among 345 clinical staff working...

Over a Period of three months (summer), 108 samples of water collected from four hospitals in Tehran. They were taken from numerous potable and non-potable water, including main supply cisterns, calorifiers, hot and cold tap water, shower, cooling tower and drain of air condition system. Culturing of concentrated and non-concentrated water samples on Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract (BCYE) Agar ...

BACKGROUND It is important to focus on creating opportunities for patients' participation at all levels of health systems in order to promote their ability to improve patient safety and quality of services. The general aim of this study was to determine patient safety level in Tehran University of Medical Sciences' (TUMS) general hospitals, Tehran, Iran from patients' perspective and to determi...

BACKGROUND Service quality is perceived as an important factor for developing patient's loyalty. The aim of this study was to determine the hospital service quality from the patients' viewpoints and the relative importance of quality dimensions in predicting the patient's loyalty. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2010. The study sample was composed of 943 patients selected fro...

Metallo-beta-lactamases (MBLs) are being reported with increasing frequency worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of blalMP-1, blaVIM-1,2 and blaSPM-1 genes encoding metallo-beta-lactamases (MBLs) among a collection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from patients at different hospitals in Tehran and to trace the disseminated clones at these hospitals by pul...

BACKGROUND The trust is meant the belief of the patient to the practitioner or the hospital based on the concept that the care provider seeks the best for the patient and will provide the suitable care and treatment for him/her. One of the main determinants of patient's trust is the service quality. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to examine the effect of quality of services provided in private h...

BACKGROUND In December 2003, the residents of Bam, Iran experienced an earthquake that measured 6.6 on the Richter scale and destroyed >90% of the city. After the assessment and initial treatment of injuries at national and international field hospitals, a considerable number of victims (approximately 12,000) were transferred to tertiary referral hospitals around the country. OBJECTIVE This r...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to identify the appropriateness of cesarean sections, performed in Tehran hospitals using standardized Rand Appropriateness Method (RAM) criteria. METHODS In this study we used the RAM criteria. In order to prepare the list of cesarean scenarios, clinical guidelines were selected, and the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation was used to choo...