background: occupational exposure to percutaneous injuries is a substantial source of infections with blood-borne pathogens among health-care workers. few studies evaluated injection safety practices in saudi arabia. objective: to examine the structure and process of injection safety at primary health care level in jazan health district, to evaluate knowledge, attitudes, and practices of primar...

We offer a qualitative analysis of on-line safety practices and expectations in a community setting to look at trust practices that contribute to the complexity of information behaviors in the use of social media. Staging an encounter between local families by bringing together grandmothers and granddaughters at a workshop, we interrogate resulting discussions to understand how information prac...

AIMS To explore the relation between occupational and organisational factors and work related injuries (WRI) among public hospital employees in Costa Rica. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted among a stratified random sample of 1000 employees from 10 of the 29 public hospitals in Costa Rica. A previously validated, self-administered questionnaire which included occupational and org...

OBJECTIVE To explore perceptions of safety culture in nine different types of primary care professions and to study possible differences. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Three hundred and thirteen practices from nine types of primary care profession groups in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS Professional staff from primary care practices. Nine professions participated: dental care, di...

in the current engineering practices, buildings are commonly designed for an effective lifetime of 50 years. this lifetime can increase the cost of buildings with short lifetimes and can reduce the safety level of buildings with large lifetimes. in this paper, a “service-life factor” has been defined. applying this factor into the nominal values of live, earthquake, wind, and snow loads, the ef...

This study collected data on food workers’ self-reported food safety practices and beliefs about factors that impacted their ability to prepare food safely. Eleven focus groups were conducted with food service workers and managers in which they discussed their current implementation of seven food preparation practices (handwashing, hot holding, etc.), and the factors they believed impacted thei...

BACKGROUND Researchers have found that management safety practices may predict occupational injuries and psychological distresses in the workplace. The present study examined the perception of management safety practices related to injuries reporting and its dimensions among workers of Isfahan Steel Company (ESCO). METHODS A self-administered anonymous survey was distributed to 189 workers. T...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the depiction of injury prevention practices in children's movies released during 1998-2002 is different from an earlier study, which found that characters were infrequently depicted practicing recommended safety behaviors. METHODS The top 25 G (general audience) and PG (parental guidance suggested) rated movies per year from 1998-2002 comprised the study sample...

PURPOSE A Delphi consensus development process was used to identify best practices for the safe use of insulin pen devices in hospitals. METHODS A panel of healthcare professionals with experience in patient safety activities and development of insulin-use guidelines was selected. In round 1 of a 4-round Delphi process, panelists were asked to identify key concepts and practices relating to s...