Hospitals have made slow progress in meeting the Institute of Medicine's patient safety goals, and implementation of safety systems has been inconsistent. The next logical question is this: What organizational characteristics predict greater implementation of patient safety systems, in terms of both extent of systems and progress over time? To answer this question, a survey was administered to ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: according to role of patient and family education in the process of patient care, joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations (jcaho) has considered the patient and family education standards in the hospital accreditation program; on the otherwise conducted researches show that the iran mini...

background: health-care-associated infections are a major threat to the safety of patient care. control of such problem is a major criterion for hospital accreditation. this study was aimed to determine the developing use of chemical (class 6 products) and biological indicators in tabriz district hospitals since 1997 to 2011. methods: we conducted this time-trend interventional study with all o...

Thomas J. Johnson, Pharm.D., m.B.a., BCPs, FashP, is Director of Hospital Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Critical Care, and Postgraduate Year 2 Critical Care Residency Program Director, Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center, Sioux Falls, SD. JaneT L. TeeTers, m.s., is Director of Accreditation Services, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Bethesda, MD. Addre...