context:  medical waste(mw) is all waste materials generated at health care facilities. mw mw naturally is hazardous for environment and subsequently for human.waste minimization (wm) is the latest alternative for risk reduction. all hospital staff generally and nurses specially can play an active role through education and the implementation of measures to reduce medical wastage and their envi...

BACKGROUND Job satisfaction of staff is an essential outcome variable in research when describing the work environment of successful hospitals. Numerous studies have evaluated the topic, but few previous studies have assessed the job satisfaction of all staff in hospital settings. It is important to discover if there are any unsatisfied groups of people working in hospitals, the aspects they ar...

objective: various studies indicated that the death anxiety is more common in refractory disease (like, cancer); and it effects on many aspects of patients life such as their quality of life and promoting health behavior as well as physical and psychological problems. thus, identifying effective psychological factors on death anxiety in cancer patients could us help to substantial contribute in...

Background and objectives: Health management systems play a very pivotal role in prevention and reduction of hazards and improvement of staff performance; therefore, this study was aiming to evaluate the performance indicators of safety and health management systems in Vali Asr hospital of Fasa from the perspective of its nursing staff. Method:</s...

A regional Swedish hospital has been the site of a quality improvement program that focuses on patient satisfaction, staff work environment and quality of hospital services. This article describes the study component that measures patients' views of the quality of care. The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable and valid instrument, to determine the predictors of patients' ratings of ...

This work intends to quantify the risk of internal contaminations in the nuclear medicine staff of one hospital in Henan province, China. For this purpose, the criteria proposed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to determine whether it is necessary to conduct internal individual monitoring was applied to all of the 18 nuclear medicine staff members who handled radionuclides. The ...

INTRODUCTION In 2011, Fukushima was struck by a triple disaster: an earthquake, tsunamis, and a nuclear accident. In the aftermath, there was much fear among hospital staff members about radiation exposure and many staff members failed to report to work. OBJECTIVES One objective is to measure this shortage in hospital staff and another is to compare the difference in recovery by hospital type...