introduction: nowadays, medical equipment is essential to provide health care services in hospitals. since 20% of the hospitals costs are devoted to providing such equipment, an appropriate management is required to maintain it. in this study it is intended to investigate the maintenance management of medical equipment in hospitals. methods and materials: it is a cross-sectional study. the popu...

the prevalence of atrial fibrillation (af) is 1-2 % in the general population, and the risk of embolic stroke in af patients is 4-5 times higher than that in the general population. af-related strokes are often severe, and the rate of permanent disability is much higher among individuals who have af-related strokes than in those who have strokes unrelated to af. in patients with af, more than 9...

background paracentesis is a common bedside therapeutic and diagnostic procedure that requires insertion of a catheter into the peritoneal cavity; however, lack of a specialized fixator for securing the catheter causes frequent catheter kinking and patient discomfort. objectives this study aimed to demonstrate the efficacy of a designed paracentesis fixator in reducing patient discomfort and pr...

conclusions the designed safe irrigator syringe seems to be applicable in wound irrigation and superior to the conventional devices regarding efficacy and user comfort. results all of the interns stated that the new device is quite applicable for wound washing and is easy to handle. nine interns believed that safe irrigator syringe is superior to the conventional devices regarding efficacy and ...

background identification of common technical errors during preparation of panoramic radiographs, how affect the quality and interpretation of the radiographs and the techniques used to deal with such errors, might help prevent unnecessary radiation to patients and save their time and money. objectives the current study aimed to identify common errors in the panoramic radiographs taken by post-...

regardless of the clinical setting, a good back-up represents one of the most important conditions to ensure guide wire and balloon advancement and stent delivery. as a “mother and child” system, the guideliner catheter (vascular solutions inc., minneapolis, mn, usa) provides an extension to the guide catheter with better coaxial alignment and stability. we report two didactic cases showing the...

Frontline care clinicians and staff in hospitals spend at least 10% of their time working around operational failures: situations in which information, supplies, or equipment needed for patient care are insufficient. However, little is known about underlying causes of operational failures and what hospitals can do to reduce their occurrence. To address this gap, we examined the internal supply ...

background patient-controlled analgesia is used for both labor and postoperative analgesia. objectives this study aimed to assess user satisfaction and functionality of two ambulatory, electronic patient controlled analgesia devices, the gemstar pump hospira inc., illinois, usa) and the ambit ambulatory infusion therapy pump (sorenson medical products, utah, usa). patients and methods it was a ...

Theoretical models have been ambiguous on the relationship between industry competition and inventory holdings of manufacturing firms. Facing competition, on the one hand, firms may desire to hold more inventory to avoid losing sales to competitors; on the other hand, firms strive to improve inventory turns to control costs and stay competitive. Using U.S. Census data on manufacturing industrie...