varieties of Voluntary Hospitals : General Hospitals, Special Hospitals and Cottage Hospitals, so-called. In the past, the medical staff of a Voluntary Hospital has given its services either entirely gratuitously or, in a few instances, each member of the staff has received a small honorarium for out-of-pocket expenses. It has always been understood, however, by the honorary medical staff of a ...

Background & objectives: Hospital wastes can be categorized as hazardous wastes due to their risks to the environment and human. Considering the fact that the hospital staff are in direct contact with biomedical wastes, their knowledge and safe operation are important in waste management. The aim of this study was to determine the status of knowledge, attitude and practice of healthcare staff o...

conclusion: the outcome of this study show that spa and coa typing are suitable meth­ods for mrsa isolates typing because it is easy to use and interpret them, and that these methods can be useful in infection source detection and its control especially in epidemic situations. result: pcr results showed seven different patterns for staff and five different patterns for patients based on spa gen...

The authors systematically studied the introduction of animal-assisted activity into a children's hospital in Italy. This pilot study examined the reactions of children, their parents and the hospital staff and the hospital-wide infection rate before and after the introduction of animals. The SAM (self-assessment manikin), three behavioral scales, analysis of children's graphic productions, a p...

INTRODUCTION Recently, mass-casualty incident (MCI) preparedness and training has received increasing attention at the hospital level. OBJECTIVES To review the existing evidence on the effectiveness of disaster drills, technology-based interventions and tabletop exercises in training hospital staff to respond to an MCI. METHODS A systematic, evidence-based process was conducted incorporatin...

OBJECTIVES The promotion of health and safety (H&S) awareness among hospital staff can be applied through various methods. The aim of this study was to assess the risk level of physical hazards in the hospital sector by combining workers' perception, experts' evaluation and objective measurements. METHODS A cross-sectional study was designed using multiple triangulation. Hospital staff (n = 4...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between change fatigue, resilience, and job satisfaction among novice and seasoned hospital staff nurses. BACKGROUND Health care is typified by change. Frequent and vast changes in acute care hospitals can take a toll on nurses and cause change fatigue, which has been largely overlooked and under-researched. DESIGN AND METHOD A ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the level of job satisfaction among the staff at an Estonian hospital and to describe factors related to their job satisfaction. DESIGN Questionnaire survey. SETTING Pärnu County Hospital in Estonia. STUDY PARTICIPANTS All staff members of the Pärnu County Hospital (n = 673), except 56 staff members who were away from work during the study. RESULTS Respondents (n =...

BACKGROUND A number of private and public companies calculate and publish proprietary hospital patient safety scores based on publicly available quality measures initially reported by the U.S. federal government. This study examines whether patient safety culture perceptions of U.S. hospital staff in a large national survey are related to publicly reported patient safety ratings of hospitals. ...

a study on the relationship between monitoring with perceived organizational justice and organizational citizenship behavior among medical staff of urmia imam reza hospital hasani m ,karimi h * received: 27 aug, 2013 accepted: 30 oct , 2013 abstract background & aims: the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between monitoring with perceived organizational justice and organ...