INTRODUCTION In stressful situations such as the management of major incidents and disasters, the ability to work in a structured way is important. Medical management groups initially are formed by personnel from different operations that are on-call when the incident or disaster occurs. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to test if performance indicators for staff procedure skills in medica...

Chapter 41. Human Factors and Medical Devices Subchapter 41.1. The Use of Human Factors in Reducing Device-related Medical Errors Subchapter 41.2. Refining the Performance of Medical Device Alarms Subchapter 41.3. Equipment Checklists in Anesthesia Chapter 42. Information Transfer Subchapter 42.1. Information Transfer Between Inpatient and Outpatient Pharmacies Subchapter 42.2. Sign-Out Systems...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was assessment the risk management status of waste anesthetic gases in academicals hospitals in Iran to prevent from harmful effects of these gases on employees' health. METHODS A descriptive-analytic study was designed in 2011. Standard structured checklist developed by ECRI institute (Emergency Care Research Institute) was applied. Checklists were filled ons...