conclusions this study highlighted the high frequency of wpv against emts. evidently, the health care systems’ officials would benefit from taking proper actions in this area, particularly by “staff and public education”. results most of the participants (79%) experienced wpv during the past six months. accident scene was the most important place of violence and the patients’ companions were th...

The current article examines the modern practices of reducing errors in medical laboratories. The paper sought to examine the methods that different countries are applying to reduce errors in medical laboratories. In addition, the paper examines the relationship between inadequate training of laboratory personnel and error causation in medical laboratories. A total of 17 research articles have ...

PURPOSE Detection of acid-fast bacilli in respiratory specimens serves as an initial pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis. Laboratories are the essential and fundamental part of all health systems. This study aimed to describe how laboratory technicians perceived their own self and work. This included perceived self-efficacy, perceived role, perceived equipment availability, perceived procedur...

background: the aim of this study was to evaluate risk of needle stick and sharp injuries (nsi) and exposure to blood borne pathogens, among laboratory technicians. methods: 213 self-reporting questionnaires were distributed among the laboratory technicians who were working at three educational hospitals in tehran. a total of 193 laboratory personnel completed the questionnaire. results: 69.9% ...

Of the 231 laboratories carrying out sputum cytology in England and Wales, information on the staffing, laboratory procedures, workload, records, and results for the year 1971 was obtained from 228 (98.7%) by means of a questionnaire, which was completed in 1973 in 81% of the laboratories and at the end of 1972 in the remainder. At the time the questionnaire was completed, the number of laborat...