A review of admissions to cancer services at University Hospital Galway (UHG) was undertaken to assess the appropriateness of hospital usage. All cancer specialty patients admitted from 26-28 May 2009 were reviewed (n = 82). Chi square tests, Exact tests, and One-way ANOVA were utilised to analyse key issues emerging from the data. Fifty (61%) were classified as emergencies. Twenty three (67%) ...

conclusions in general, time indices including length of patient stay in the ed and space capacity, emphasizing the need to address these shortcomings. materials and methods this analytical cross-sectional study was conducted via the faculty members of the ed and residents of shahid beheshti university of medical sciences in tehran, iran. data were collected using a predefined questionnaire. de...

BACKGROUND Despite recent residency workload and hour limitations, little research on the relationship between workload and learning has been done. We sought to define residents' perceptions of the optimal patient workload for learning, and to determine how certain variables contribute to those perceptions. Our hypothesis was that the relationship between perceived workload and learning has a m...

It is almost impossible to imagine a modern hospital without a PACS. Initially introduced as a stand-alone application in the medical imaging department, PACS were often linked only to a single unit such as CT or MR. Hospitals gradually began to realize, however, that they could benefit fully from this application only if a link was made to other IT applications. A strong integration between th...

In a study carried out at tertiary care hospital we had processed 50 specimens such as operation table (10), sink (9), cheatle forcep fluid (8), thermometer fluid (8), hand wash bowl solution (8), mops (4) and eye drops (3) from various sites in the wards and operation theatres for isolation, identification and antibiotic susceptibility pattern. The specimens were collected after the cleaning a...

The incidence of adverse reactions to drugs has been assessed with prospective epidemiological studies conducted within single units, departments, or hospitals. Because of the variability of the results and a lack of representativeness, it is difficult to confidently extrapolate these results to a national level. To calculate the incidence of admissions caused by adverse drug reactions we condu...

nor unique. Every acute children's ward has its problems which are the outcome of its history and geography; all share the problem of being at the mercy of unpredictable factors and of emergency admissions. They suffer also from the problem of having to have 3 different sizes of bed or cot. I am certain that similar experiences are common in district general hospitals throughout the country. Th...

specialist microfinance institutions (MFIs). The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has traditionally pursued an active "developmental" role in the microfinance sector, although this has been changing. It should further reduce its developmental activities by diluting its ownership of regional development banks and taking a less hands-on role in project implementation. Conversely, it would be appr...

INTRODUCTION Acinetobacter spp. is an important opportunistic pathogen responsible for increasing number of nosocomial infections. The majority of infection are of epidemic origin, and treatment has become difficult because many strains are resistant to a wide range of antibiotics. The aim of this study was to investigate the local infections caused by various species of the genus Acinetobacter...

The air in hospital wards with patients at high risk (Surgeries, Intensive Care Units and Bone Marrow Transplant Centers) has been surveyed less than the one in Operating Rooms. Therefore in this study we considered useful to verify the microbic contamination of the air of those wards evaluating the consistency of ventilation systems in relation also to the presence and location of HEPA absolut...