BACKGROUND As per the "Disaster Management Act, 2005" of India, it is mandatory for government hospitals in India to prepare a disaster plan. This study aimed to prepare a disaster manual of a 1 900 bed tertiary care hospital, in consultation and involvement of all concerned stakeholders. METHODS A committee of members from hospital administration, clinical, diagnostic and supportive departme...

It is only after considerable hesitation and, indeed, with some trepidation that a mere hospital administrator ventures to write upon such a subject as the position of nursing in hospitals. The author of this article was, however, emboldened to accept |he Editor's invitation to do so for two compelling reasons. The first is the intrinsic importance of the subject. The second is that all those c...

UNLABELLED Hospital relocation is a highly complex undertaking, which has the potential to interrupt operations and poses risks for patients, staff, and providers. Little is known how hospital relocation impacts on workflow and communication. METHODS Using existing Electronic Health Record (EHR) data we determined time from medication ordering to first dose administration as a proxy for well-...

chemotherapy medication errors may lead to potentially harmful consequences while most of them could be preventable. this study aims to determine the incidence and type of drug handling and administration errors among the nurses and to identify possible contributing factors. setting of the study was a teaching hospital affiliated to shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran. ...

BACKGROUND Cancer treatment costs are increasing; the global cost of antineoplastic medications rose to $83.7 billion in 2015. As a result, it is imperative for institutions to implement cost-saving strategies and to maximize reimbursement for costly medications such as antineoplastic drugs. OBJECTIVES Evaluate the necessity and drug costs of administering antineoplastic medications in the in...

Drug utilization evaluation (DUE) is an effective program to identify variability in drug use and to support interventions that will improve patient outcomes. The appropriate use of enoxaparin, a low molecular weight heparin (LMWH), which is widely used as curative or preventive treatment of thromboembolic disorders was assessed in the study. A prospective DUE was carried out at Masih Daneshvar...

Drug utilization evaluation (DUE) is an effective program to identify variability in drug use and to support interventions that will improve patient outcomes. The appropriate use of enoxaparin, a low molecular weight heparin (LMWH), which is widely used as curative or preventive treatment of thromboembolic disorders was assessed in the study. A prospective DUE was carried out at Masih Daneshvar...