Mohammad Ali Yaghobifar; Mansoureh Feizabadi; Maliheh Dalili Saleh; Ehsan Saffari
Volume 22, Issue 6 , January and February 2016, , Pages 1052-1062
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Background & Objectives: Libraries are the main levers of supporting educational programs in any university. A university without a good library cannot be successful in fulfilling its educational and research programs. The current condition of a library should be studies to find out whether it plays ...
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Background & Objectives: Libraries are the main levers of supporting educational programs in any university. A university without a good library cannot be successful in fulfilling its educational and research programs. The current condition of a library should be studies to find out whether it plays its part well as one of the main components of the university.
Materials & Methods: In the present research, the condition of the central library of the Medical University in Sabzevar was studied based on four quantitative indices of budget, human resources, collection, building and equipments. The library condition in 2011 was investigated and descriptive statistics (the mean, standard deviation, percentage and frequency) were used to obtain the required information.
Results: The findings showed that the library has complied 71.42 and 38.5 percent of the required standards of human resources and collection, respectively. On the other hand, the reported budget index was 3.2 times higher than the standard amount (320%). The standard index of building and equipments has been observed up to 51.48 percent.
Conclusion: In general, among the four quantitative standards (budget, human resources, collection, building and equipments), only the budget standard has been completely observed by the central library of the Medical University of Sabzevar and other aspects are far from the standards.
Yaser Tabaraee; Elaheh HaghGoshaee; Afsaneh Takbiri; MohammadAli Yaghobifar
Volume 20, Issue 2 , May and June 2013, , Pages 154-164
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Objectives: improving patient safety culture in healthcare organization is the first step for reducing medical errors and improvement of patient safety. This study was conducted to survey the patient safety culture based on staff point of views in Sabzevar hospitals.
Methods: This cross-sectional and ...
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Objectives: improving patient safety culture in healthcare organization is the first step for reducing medical errors and improvement of patient safety. This study was conducted to survey the patient safety culture based on staff point of views in Sabzevar hospitals.
Methods: This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted during July- September 2011, by using Hospital Survey Of Patient Safety Culture questionnaire (HSOPSC). 385 of clinical staff (physicians, nurses, midwives and stuff working in lab and radiology departments) as census were included in the study. The patient safety culture questionnaire was used for data collection.
Results: “teamwork within unit” and “organizational learning - continuous improvement” had the highest percentages of positive responses with respectively 73.65 ± 6.4 % and 69.16 ± 8.7 % whereas “nonpunitive response” to errors (13.03 ± 7.1%) and “staffing” ( 22.37 ± 6%) had the chosen lowest percentages of positive responses. 89% of staff noted that they have not reported any medical errors during past 12 months. Only 31% of staff reported the patient safety status in their units as excellent or very good.
Conclusion: Hospitals can attempt to create safety environment for patients by applying the strengths of their patient safety culture and removing the weaknesses. Therefore hospitals should eliminate the staff fear of blame for their mistakes and create an atmosphere of open communications and continuous learning.
Mehri Sabbaghzadeh; Akbar Pejhan; MohammadAli Yaghoubifar
Volume 17, Issue 2 , July and August 2010, , Pages 129-134
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Background and Purpose: Measuring the students' satisfaction from the university departments and educational system can have a paramount role in assessing the educational performance and activities. The aim of this study was to investigate the educational facilities and equipments. Methods: This descriptive ...
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Background and Purpose: Measuring the students' satisfaction from the university departments and educational system can have a paramount role in assessing the educational performance and activities. The aim of this study was to investigate the educational facilities and equipments. Methods: This descriptive analytical study was conducted in 2008 on 414 university students were selected through stratified random sampling. A researcher-made questionnaire was administered to collect data on facilities and educational services. The validity of the questionnaire had been confirmed by the faculty members and by Cronbach alpha coefficient. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS 16 at first by descriptive analysis and then by ANOVA and t-test. The satisfaction rate was grouped into good, average and poor. Results: The study indicated that students satisfaction from facilities and educational services were 41.4% in seven fields. Also, the overall satisfaction rate of male (34.4%) was higher than that of the female participants (20.9%); and the difference was significant (P
Ali Shakerinejad; Mohammad Ali Yaghoubifar; Arash Akaberi
Volume 16, Issue 2 , July and August 2009, , Pages 114-120
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Background and Purpose: Sausage and salami undergo changes after production and packaging which can endanger the health of people. Therefore controlling these products is important because of their variety and ease of access. The aim of this study is to investigate the quality and safety of sausage and ...
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Background and Purpose: Sausage and salami undergo changes after production and packaging which can endanger the health of people. Therefore controlling these products is important because of their variety and ease of access. The aim of this study is to investigate the quality and safety of sausage and salami. Methods and Materials: This cross sectional deh1ive study involved the two products of sausage and salami as marketed in Sabzevar Iran in 2007. A total of 64 samples of the two products were provided from the market. After assessing items such as production permit and badge of standard their quality and organoleptic indexes such as color odor nitrite and fat were measured. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS using chi-square and Fischer’s exact test in order to compare the quality of safety of the two products with standardized amounts. Results: All products had production permit and badge of standard and all had production and expiry date except 13% of them. All lacked salmonella and were kept in polymer packs and low temperatures. Their salt (except for one case) and organolpetic status including state color odor and taste were evaluated to be satisfactory. As for the quality laboratory tests showed the amount of fat to be 25% higher than the standard carbohydrate 50% ash 21.9% moisture 29.7% and nitrite 29.7% higher. Also protein was shown to be 15.6% lower than the standard. Conclusion: Despite the satisfactory level of safety quality results of some of the products were different from the acceptable amounts.
RA KHAMIR CHI; MA YAGHOUBI FAR
Volume 14, Issue 2 , July and August 2007, , Pages 128-134
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Background and purpose: Hospital waste contains pathogenic agents and is a suitable environment for the growth and reproduction of microorganisms. Poor management in collection and disposal of hospital waste can lead to environmental crises. This study was in tended to determine per capita wase, collection ...
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Background and purpose: Hospital waste contains pathogenic agents and is a suitable environment for the growth and reproduction of microorganisms. Poor management in collection and disposal of hospital waste can lead to environmental crises. This study was in tended to determine per capita wase, collection manner, transportation and transferring the waste in hospitals and clinics.
Methods and Materials: This descriptive study involved 3 hospital and 8 clinics in Sabzevar, Iran and their waste disposal activities were observed in all week days and for two months for hazardous and pseudo-domestic waste. A questionnaire and an observation checklist were used for data collection. Their corresponding percentages were calculated using SPSS and information on the active beds, number of clients and the whole mass of waste produced in each treatment center.
Results: Mean produced waste in 3 hospitals were 1137.275 kg/day including 51.3% hazardous waste. Also, mean per capita waste for each active bed was 2.38 kg/day in 3 hospitals. Mean waste amount in 8 clinics was 3.2779 kg/day including 64.9% hazardous waste. Also, mean per capita was for each client in 8 clinics was 0.092 kg/day (92gr). It was found that all hospitals and clinics followed the ministry guidelines by using waste bags of appropriate quality, color and type.
Conclusion: Despite using appropriate and distinct bags and washable containers, inter departmental and intradepartmental cooperations-including adequate training and necessary standards-are required to optimize health hassles.