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The study of safety management in the hospitals affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Science in 2013
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Mostafaie, Shayan Jabbari, Alireza Zadeh, Akbar Hasan Niknam, Noureddin Mengelizadeh, Nezamaddin Shams, Asad Allah |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | Introduction: Hospital, as one of the most important departments providing health services needs to regard safety principles due to its especial conditions. This study was conducted to assess safety in the hospitals affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: This Cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted in four hospitals affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Data collection instruments consist of the checklist and questionnaire which were completed through observation, the monitoring of documents and interview with the officials of different sectors. These equipments were designed and used in according to Australia`s safety Management Standards. In addition, the amounts of Cronbach's alpha for the checklist and questionnaire were 0.74 and 0.77 respectively. Hospitals safety condition was classified to very appropriate, appropriate, moderate, weak and very weak categories, according to the levels achieved by safety management standards. The study's results were analyzed by SPSS through ANOVA statistical test. Results: The averages and standard deviations of safety management scores of A, B, C and D hospitals were 62.5 ± 7.09, 49.08 ± 9.15, 60.01 ± 9.46 and 60.3 ± 5.76, respectively. The highest levels achieved by safety management standards were found in management, leadership and organization standards with 68.87 average score and also the least ones could be seen in the standard of the plan assuring quality with 36.09 average score. Conclusions: The condition of safety management in studied hospitals was mostly at the average level and in some cases was evaluated lower than expected. Since regarding the safety principles in hospitals are very necessary and crucial, they must be reconstructed and considered in the hospitals' policies and management rules. |
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| File Format | XHTML |
| ISSN | 23479019 |
| DOI | 10.4103/2347-9019.142207 |
| Journal | International Journal of Health System and Disaster Management |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Volume Number | 2 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Medknow |
| Publisher Date | 2014-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Safety Management Hospital Clinical Unit Paraclinical Unit International Journal of Health System and Disaster Management, Volume 2, Issue 3 |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
