BACKGROUND Hospital mergers began in the UK in the late 1990s to deal with underperformance. Despite their prevalence, there is a lack of research on how such organizational changes affect the staff morale. This study aims to assess the impact of NHS hospital mergers between financial years 2009/10 and 2011/12 on staff job satisfaction and to identify factors contributing to satisfaction. MET...

BACKGROUND The use of multidisciplinary in-hospital teams limits adverse events (AE), improves outcomes, and adds to patient and employee satisfaction. METHODS Acting like "well-oiled machines," multidisciplinary in-hospital teams include "staff" from different levels of the treatment pyramid (e.g. staff including nurses' aids, surgical technicians, nurses, anesthesiologists, attending physic...

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic illustrated the crucial role of infection surveillance and control measures in the combat of any highly transmissible disease. We conducted an interview survey of 121 medical staff 145 doctors, 46 staff nurses and 30 medical assistants) in a state hospital in Malaysia three months after the end of SARS epidemic (from October to December 2003). S...

BACKGROUND Violence against medical personnel is unexpected in hospitals which are devoted to healing, and yet, it is frequent and of concern in the health system. Little is known about the factors that lead to hospital violence, and even less is known about the interactions among these factors. The aim of the study was to identify and describe the perceptions of staff and patients regarding th...

BACKGROUND Radio frequency identification (RFID) is an emerging technology that is rapidly becoming the standard for hospitals to track inventory, identify patients, and manage personnel. METHODS Research involved qualitative methods including participant observation and interviews with hospital staff members and industry consultants in the United States. RESULTS Hospital staff, especially ...

Chemical, biological and radiological (CBR) incidents have the potential to shut down emergency departments that do not have an adequate CBR response. Secondary contamination also poses a threat to the safety and wellbeing of staff and other patients. On activation of a CBR response, "clean" and "contaminated" areas should be clearly marked, and all patients decontaminated before being allowed ...

A tobacco-free hospital environment sends an important signal to patients and visitors with regard to both safety and a healthy lifestyle. Today patients, staff and visitors increasingly expect an antismoking policy to be in place in hospitals and other venues where sick people are treated. Health care staff can play an important role in the implementation of an antismoking policy in their hosp...

OBJECTIVE To establish the psychometric properties of the Satisfaction with Hospital Care Questionnaire (SHCQ) for measuring patient satisfaction and evaluations of hospital care quality. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS Patients (n = 275) and staff members (n = 83) of four hospital wards completed the 57-item SHCQ addressing 13 aspects of care. Staff members completed the SHCQ from the patient's pers...

1 Staff of Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. 2 Staff of Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. 3 Supervisor of Neurosurgery, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. 4 Coordinator of Multidisciplinary ...

background: nosocomial infections are an important cause of hospital mortalities. staphylococcus aureus (s. aureus) carriers among medical staff are an important source of nosocomial infections. the purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of the nasal carriers of s. aureus and antibiotic resistance in staff of nikuee hospital, qom, iran. materials and methods: in this cross-sect...