PURPOSE Emergency services are critical for high-quality healthcare service provision to support acute illness, trauma and disaster response. The greater availability of emergency services decreases waiting time, improves clinical outcomes and enhances local community well being. This study aims to assess United States (U.S.) acute care hospital staffs ability to provide emergency medical servi...

Methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci (MR-CoNS) associated infection is a growing concern in healthcare settings now day. MR-CoNS are the main infectious agents of hospital acquired infection. Clinical staffs to patients transmission resistant strains have caused rapid increase prevalence antimicrobial resistance recent years. Growing rate against available antibiotics developi...

The review and verification of credentials and the granting of clinical privileges are required of every hospital to ensure that members of the medical staff are competent and qualified to provide specified levels of patient care. The credentialing process involves the following: (1) assessment of the professional and personal background of each practitioner seeking privileges; (2) assignment o...

BACKGROUND Although a vital test, blood culture is often plagued with the problem of contamination and false results, especially in a chaotic emergency department setting. The objectives of this pilot study is to find out the level of understanding among healthcare staffs in emergency department, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) regarding good blood culture sampling practice. METHODS...

OBJECTIVE Ergonomic risk factors such as prolonged and awkward postures increase the risk of work related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs) in operating room staffs. Understanding the factors influencing the prevalence of the WRMSDs is an essential step in any targeted health promotion interventions. This research aimed to determine the factors associated with correct posture maintenance based...

Health practitioners received great attention during the COVID-19 pandemic due to their pivotal role in treating affected individuals. However, lack of was given supporting workers hospital such as cleaning staffs. The study aims toinvestigate whether spousal support associated with resilience on staffs working hospitals pandemic.The participants comprised 103 staffswho work several Central Jav...