background: water resource management is a strategic issue in qom city. water scarcity is one of the most critical concerns of industrial estates. this study aimed to evaluate wastewater management in the shokuhieh industrial park of qom province in 2013. methods: this is a descriptive cross-sectional study done by visiting the industrial units in person, completing questionnaires and analyzing...

Nikki Stephens BSc (Hons), RGN, Dip RN child is team co-ordinator complex care and respite, Community Children’s Services, Islington PCT Navigating a discharge from hospital to home can be a protracted process fraught with difficulties for a child with complex care needs. Poorly co-ordinated planning prolongs the discharge process (Edwards et al 2004, Ludvigsen and Morrison 2003, Noyes 2002). P...

Preventable adverse drug events are associated with one out of five injuries or deaths. Estimates reveal that 46% of medication errors occur on admission or discharge from a clinical unit/hospital when patient orders are written. This study was performed to reduce medication errors in patient's discharge orders through a reconciliation process in an adult surgical intensive care unit (ICU). A d...

Delays in the discharge of hospital patients cause a backlog for new admissions from the Emergency Departments (ED), outpatient clinics, and transfers from the Intensive Care Units (ICU). A variety of initiatives have been reported on previously which aim to tackle this problem with variable success. In this quality improvement project, we aimed to increase the proportion of discharged patients...

The ionic events leading to discharge of in situ nematocysts were investigated in acontia excised from Aiptasia mutabilis Gravenhorst. The effect on discharge of various ionic solutions and ion channel blockers was tested. In the absence of Ca in the medium no discharge was elicited, whatever the composition of the medium. In the presence of lOmmolI" Ca total discharge was induced by NaSCN, Nal...

BACKGROUND Preparation of respiratory-technology-dependent children for hospital discharge presents many challenges. Adequate training and education of parental caregivers, discharge planning, and coordination with the durable-medical-equipment and home-nursing companies must be completed. A process using multiple respiratory therapists (RTs) to achieve this may not be efficient. METHODS We e...

BACKGROUND Improving hospital discharge has become a national priority for teaching hospitals, yet little is known about physician perspectives on factors limiting the quality of discharge care. OBJECTIVES To describe the discharge process from the perspective of housestaff physicians, and to generate hypotheses about quality-limiting factors and key strategies for improvement. METHODS Qual...