Introduction In October, 1957, the Medical Staff of the Royal Free Hospital reported in the British Medical Journal an outbreak of an illness amongst the hospital staff in 1955. Between 13 July of that year and 24 November, 292 members of the medical, nursing, auxiliary medical, ancillary, and administrative staff were affected by the illness and, of these, 255 patients were admitted to hospita...

We analyzed attack rates for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in three categories of hospital workers (nurses, nonmedical support staff, and other technical or medical staff) in all public hospitals in Hong Kong that had admitted SARS patients. Of 16 such hospitals, 14 had cases. The overall attack rate was 1.20%. Nonmedical support staff had the highest attack rate (2.73%). The odds ra...

Introduction In October, 1957, the Medical Staff of the Royal Free Hospital reported in the British Medical Journal an outbreak of an illness amongst the hospital staff in 1955. Between 13 July of that year and 24 November, 292 members of the medical, nursing, auxiliary medical, ancillary, and administrative staff were affected by the illness and, of these, 255 patients were admitted to hospita...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In-hospital stroke is associated with slower access to thrombolysis than community-occurring stroke. It has been suggested that lack of knowledge regarding appropriate stroke response among hospital staff may contribute to delays in referral, assessment, and treatment of in-hospital stroke. METHOD A survey was conducted among hospital ward staff members using the Stroke...

background: nowadays, many organizations such as hospitals have realized that utilization of quality management models and systems is the best way for them to compete, survive and develop. therefore, 5s (sorting, straightening, systematic cleaning, standardizing, and sustaining) model was implemented in three units of imam reza hospital (kermanshah, iran) including medical records, nutrition, a...

conclusions different factors affect resiliency improvements in medical emergency staff and consequently the quality of pre-hospital burn care. this study showed that various factors such as scene security/safety, effective decision making, self-efficacy and religious support are effective in the improvement of resiliency and the quality of pre-hospital emergency care. results by analyzing 456 ...

conclusions since international accreditation standards have clearly stated all processes and organizations are required to implement them, obtaining the relevant licenses can ensure health tourist that they have selected the right country and the right hospital to access their desired medical services. results implementation of international accreditation standards has a significant effect on ...

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...