Samaneh Boroumand-Noughabi ([email protected]) Hamid Reza Sima ([email protected]) Kamran Ghaffarzadehgan ([email protected]) Mostafa Jafarzadeh ([email protected]) Hamid Reza Raziee ([email protected]) Hanieh Hosseinnezhad ([email protected]) Omeed Moaven ([email protected]) Mohammad Taghi Rajabi-Mashhadi ([email protected]) Amir Abbas Azarian (azar...

INTRODUCTION The improvement of technology has increased noise levels in hospital Wards to higher than international standard levels (35-45 dB). Higher noise levels than the maximum level result in patient's instability and dissatisfaction. Moreover, it will have serious negative effects on the staff's health and the quality of their services. The purpose of this survey is to analyze the level ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Cross Infections (CIs) are considered as a major public health problem worldwide. They cause delay in recovery, increased mortality and morbidity. The purpose of this study is to report the incidence of CIs in our teaching hospital during a 23-month period. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 76766 patients from 2009 to 2011 admitted to 1...

Reza Babazadeh is M.S. Student in Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam is a Professor in Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Jafar Razmi is an Associate Professor in Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran,...

Background & Objectives: Extended-spectrum-B-lactamase (ESBL)-producing strains of Klebsiella Pneumonia are an important cause of many serious infections in hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients and delayed treatment of these infections in crease chance of death in patients. This study was performed to determine the prevalence of ESBL-producing K. Pneumonia and to evaluate the frequency of ...

The prevalence of nosocomial infections in critical care units is high. Nosocomial infections are of serious hospital problems. In addition, they are impose heavy costs on hospitals, causing increased hospitalization time, increased morbidity and mortality. In this study, we aimed to determine the epidemiological status of nosocomial infections in hospital ICU Imam Reza, Urmia, Iran. This study...

Introduction: Congenital gastrointestinal (GI) malformation occurs due to mal development of GI organs. The diagnosis is based on clinical exam and radiography. The aim of this study was to determine prevalence of gastrointestinal anomalies in Imam Reza hospital deliveries Mashhad, Iran. Materials and Methods: In retrospective descriptive study for one year since 1.8.1391 all deliveries in...

Torsion of the gallbladder is a relatively rare surgical disease which mimics acute cholecystitis' symptoms that usually would not be respondable to medical therapies. The torsion would mostly be diagnosed intra-operatively. Cholecystectomy is the treatment of choice. In general in our centre, General Surgery department, Imam Reza hospital ,Mashhad, Iran, since 1986 over 14000 cholecystectomies...