transcatheter aortic valve replacement (tavr) is a novel therapeutic intervention for the replacement of severely stenotic aortic valves in high-risk patients for standard surgical procedures. since the initial partner trial results, use of tavr has been on the rise each year. new delivery methods and different valves have been developed and modified in order to promote the minimally invasive p...

Background and aims: Patient safety, as one of the main components of the health care quality, impliesavoiding any injury and damage to the patient when providing health care services. In other words,patient safety means his or her safety against any adverse and harmful event when receiving health careservices. Based on the above-mention explanations, the present study was con...

the massive restrain security measurements at the airports very much impress the health status of the healthy and sick passengers alike. the security check is undisputedly a harassment – the confiscation of fluids, the limited movement on the airplane results in a stressful situation and put a harmful effect on healthy traveler and an even more harmful one on the sick. this kind of problem coul...

introduction: health care organizations, especially hospitals, must focus on patient safety as their main strategy. cultural change is the most important challenge that they are faced with in creating a safe system. the present article aims to improve the patient safety culture with an assessment of the safety in fatemeh zahra hospital, najafabad, iran. methods: this descriptive and cross-secti...

abstract background: patient safety is considered as the most important quality for healthcare. one of the main factors that play an important role in the promotion of healthcare institutes is patient safety. this study describes the nurses’ awareness of patient safety culture in neonatal intensive care units (nicus). materials and methods: in this descriptive study, 83 nurses working in neonat...

introduction: nowadays, more than 10,000 different types of medical devices can be found in hospitals. this way, medical electrical equipment is being employed in a wide variety of fields in medical sciences with different physiological effects and measurements. hospitals and medical centers must ensure that their critical medical devices are safe, accurate, reliable and operational at the requ...

patients and methods a questionnaire was developed by a departmental checklist focus group, which aimed to identify the perception of health care checklists in general as well as specific checklists for routine and crisis situations in anesthesia. furthermore participants were asked regarding their perception of performing routine anesthesia and managing crisis situations without any cognitive ...

errors prevention and patient safety in transfusion medicine are a serious concern. errors can occur at any step in transfusion and evaluation of their root causes can be helpful for preventive measures. root cause analysis as a structured and systematic approach can be used for identification of underlying causes of adverse events. to specify system vulnerabilities and illustrate the potential...

background and objectives: not reporting medication errors by the clinical staff prevent identification of type and frequency of these errors, and thereby developing effective strategies to alleviate the problem. most investigation of barriers to medication error reporting comes from public hospitals. this study aimed to explore the issue from a nurse’s perspective in private hospital. methods:...

conclusions although, successful implementation of high reliability organizations is based on knowledge of managers and supervisors, the effectiveness of this model is still in the maturity and readiness phase. results after holding high reliability model training course, 52.2% of respondents expressed obtaining a keen knowledge of high reliability organizations model. compared to knowledge of ...