P. N. Hoffman*, J. Williamsy, A. Staceyz, A. M. Bennettx, G. L. Ridgway{, C. Dobsony, I. Fraser** and H. Humphreysyy *Central Public Health Laboratory, London, UK; yWelsh Health Estates, Cardiff, UK; zReading Public Health Laboratory, Reading, UK; xCentre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Salisbury, UK; {University College London Hospitals, London, UK; **NHS Estates, Leeds, UK and yyRoyal ...

results higher levels of stress were due to the fear of being infected by hiv and hepatitis patients with mean of 3.2 and 58%; and lack of weekends with mean of 3 and 44%. the lowest levels of stress were related to inadequate skills with mean of 2.18 and 32%, and environment light with mean of 2.14 and 34.7%. stress was significantly related to job status, conflict of doctors and nurses as wel...

background and objectives: efficient cost management in hospitals’ pharmaceutical inventories have thepotential to remarkably contribute to optimization of overall hospital expenditures. to this end, reliable forecasting models for accurate prediction of future pharmaceutical demands are instrumental. while the linear methods are frequently used for forecasting purposes chiefly due to their sim...

background: the most expensive variable in the operating room (or) is time. lean process management is being used in the medical field to improve efficiency in the or. streamlining individual processes within the or is crucial to a comprehensive time saving and cost-cutting health care strategy. at our institution, one hour of or time costs approximately $500, exclusive of supply and personnel ...

Background: One of the important strategies to provide quality care is to motivate healthcare workers. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the components of job motivation among operating-room and anesthesia staff. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 152 operating-room and anesthesia staff working in Zanjan hospitals and by the convenience sampling method. Data were co...

Operating room scheduling is an important task in healthcare sector. This study proposes a Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming (MINLP) mathematical model for the scheduling of the operating rooms. In the presented model, apart from scheduling the patients’ surgery process, shifting of the medical staff is also carried out. The innovation considered in the proposed model is aimed at prioritizing...