introduction: global patient safety is the concern of all areas of the health care. in addition to the human suffering in those inflicted unsafe care and services, it has a heavy economic cost. due to the sensitive patient safety in the operation rooms, the present study aimed to assess patient safety in the operating rooms. methods: this was a descriptive cross-sectional study that was conduct...

Annually, the United States is affected by 1.7 million Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs). The CDC reports nearly 99,000 deaths per year resulting from HAIs. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), it is estimated that of the more than 290,000 incidences of Surgical Site Infection (SSI) annually, more than 13,000 people die each year due to infections acquired ...

BACKGROUND To reduce the ambient concentration of waste anesthetic agents, exhaust gas scavenging systems are standard in almost all operating rooms. The incidence of contamination and the factors that may increase the concentrations of ambient anesthetic gases have not been evaluated fully during routine circumstances, however. METHODS Concentrations of nitrous oxide (N2O) in ambient air wer...

Annually, the United States is affected by 1.7 million Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs). The CDC reports nearly 99,000 deaths per year resulting from HAIs. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), it is estimated that of the more than 290,000 incidences of Surgical Site Infection (SSI) annually, more than 13,000 people die each year due to infections acquired ...

INTRODUCTION Noise pollution in the operating rooms is one of the remaining challenges. Both patients and physicians are exposed to different sound levels during the operative cases, many of which can last for hours. This study aims to evaluate the noise pollution in the operating rooms during different surgical procedures. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, sound level in t...