BACKGROUND A number of studies have shown that non-critical medical devices can be contaminated with pathogens, including those resistant to antibiotics and thus become a potential vector for transmission. Electrocardiography (ECG) lead wire are non-critical medical device which are always attached on patient skin during their stay in intensive care unit (ICU). In view of the patient's critical...

conclusions according to the results, parents need accurate information about the health and the death of their neonates in the nicu. they also need to communicate with healthcare professionals and their babies. communication is regarded as a channel for obtaining information. therefore, the healthcare team needs to address these families’ needs and attempt to fulfill their requirements in neon...

Intensive care units (ICUs) are special areas in hospitals for patients with severe and life-threatening diseases. ICUs of several categories, such as neonatal ICUs, cardiac neurological surgical etc. The ICUs’ may show a high susceptibility hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) depending on underlying disease, duration stay treatment. considered potential reservoirs (opportunistic) pathogenic mi...

background: we presumed that the surgeon himself has an impact on the results after coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) as there is no unique protocol for the discharge of post-operative cardiac patients at our institution. therefore, we examined whether the surgeon himself has an impact on the intensive care unit (icu) stay of isolated cabg patients. methods: we prospectively studied a tota...

the aim of present study was to determine the impact of two different icu management model, open and semi closed, on resources utilization in intensive care unit.retrospective cohort analysis using data from hospital database was applied to compare the effect of icu management model on icu length of stay and bed disposition of 1064 patients admitted to the general icu of imam khomeini hospital ...

abstract background: sleep is one of the basic human needs and sleep deprivation causes numerous undesirable effects on the human body and mind, especially in the intensive care unit (icu) patients. it seems that noise and light are important environmental factors interrupting sleep in these patients. this study was carried out to determine the effect of earplugs and eye mask on iranian patient...

conclusions the nursing workload is influenced by many factors. the clear responsibilities and authorities of nurses, patients' admission according to the capacity of wards, use of the new technologies and equipment, and providing basic training for new nurses can decrease the workload of nurses. results twenty-five factors were divided into three major categories through efa, including structu...

background ventilator-associated pneumonia (vap) develops in mechanically ventilated patients 48 hours after putting the patients on the ventilator. vap is the second most common nosocomial infection in neonatal intensive care units (nicu). objectives the current study was conducted to determine the rate, microbiological characteristics and outcome of vap in neonates admitted in the nicu of sho...

background: the newborn’s first bath, performed in neonatal intensive care units (nicu), is believed to be a stressful situation, especially for the premature infants. as a developmental care approach, swaddle bathing is a low-stress bathing method for vulnerable preterm neonates. given the limited number of the studies examining this bathing method, the present study was conducted with the aim...

RATIONALE Use of triggers for palliative care consultation has been advocated in intensive care units (ICUs) to ensure appropriate specialist involvement for patients at high risk of unmet palliative care needs. The volume of patients meeting these triggers, and thus the potential workload for providers, is unknown. OBJECTIVES To estimate the prevalence of ICU admissions who met criteria for ...