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Hospital Workers Disaster Management and Hospital Nonstructural: A Study in Bandar Abbas, Iran
INTRODUCTION: A devastating earthquake is inevitable in the long term and likely in the near future in Iran. The objective of the study was to assess the knowledge of hospital staff to disaster management system in hospital and to determine nonstructural safety assessment in Shahid Mohammadi hospita...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4873581/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26573039 http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v8n4p221 |
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description | INTRODUCTION: A devastating earthquake is inevitable in the long term and likely in the near future in Iran. The objective of the study was to assess the knowledge of hospital staff to disaster management system in hospital and to determine nonstructural safety assessment in Shahid Mohammadi hospital in Bandar Abbas city of Iran. This hospital is the main referral hospital in Hormozgan province with a capacity of about 450 beds and the highest patient admissions. METHODS: The cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 on 200 healthcare workers at Shahid Mohammadi hospital, in the city of Bandar Abbas, Iran. This hospital is the main referral hospital in Hormozgan province and has a capacity of about 450 beds with highest numbers of patient admissions. Questionnaire and checklist used for assessing health workers knowledge and awareness towards disaster management and nonstructural safety this hospital. RESULTS: This study found that knowledge, awareness, and disaster preparedness of hospital staff need continual reinforcement to improve self efficacy for disaster management. Equipping health care facilities at the time of natural disasters, especially earthquakes are of great importance all over the world, especially in Iran. This requires the national strategies and planning for all health facilities. CONCLUSION: It seems due to limitations of hospital beds, insufficient of personnel, and medical equipment, health care providers paid greater attention to this issue. Since this hospital is the only educational public hospital in the province, it is essential to pay much attention to the risk management not only to this hospital but at the national level to health facilities. |
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spelling | pubmed-48735812016-05-26 Hospital Workers Disaster Management and Hospital Nonstructural: A Study in Bandar Abbas, Iran Lakbala, Parvin Glob J Health Sci Articles INTRODUCTION: A devastating earthquake is inevitable in the long term and likely in the near future in Iran. The objective of the study was to assess the knowledge of hospital staff to disaster management system in hospital and to determine nonstructural safety assessment in Shahid Mohammadi hospital in Bandar Abbas city of Iran. This hospital is the main referral hospital in Hormozgan province with a capacity of about 450 beds and the highest patient admissions. METHODS: The cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 on 200 healthcare workers at Shahid Mohammadi hospital, in the city of Bandar Abbas, Iran. This hospital is the main referral hospital in Hormozgan province and has a capacity of about 450 beds with highest numbers of patient admissions. Questionnaire and checklist used for assessing health workers knowledge and awareness towards disaster management and nonstructural safety this hospital. RESULTS: This study found that knowledge, awareness, and disaster preparedness of hospital staff need continual reinforcement to improve self efficacy for disaster management. Equipping health care facilities at the time of natural disasters, especially earthquakes are of great importance all over the world, especially in Iran. This requires the national strategies and planning for all health facilities. CONCLUSION: It seems due to limitations of hospital beds, insufficient of personnel, and medical equipment, health care providers paid greater attention to this issue. Since this hospital is the only educational public hospital in the province, it is essential to pay much attention to the risk management not only to this hospital but at the national level to health facilities. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2016-04 2015-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4873581/ /pubmed/26573039 http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v8n4p221 Text en Copyright: © Canadian Center of Science and Education http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
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title | Hospital Workers Disaster Management and Hospital Nonstructural: A Study in Bandar Abbas, Iran |
title_full | Hospital Workers Disaster Management and Hospital Nonstructural: A Study in Bandar Abbas, Iran |
title_fullStr | Hospital Workers Disaster Management and Hospital Nonstructural: A Study in Bandar Abbas, Iran |
title_full_unstemmed | Hospital Workers Disaster Management and Hospital Nonstructural: A Study in Bandar Abbas, Iran |
title_short | Hospital Workers Disaster Management and Hospital Nonstructural: A Study in Bandar Abbas, Iran |
title_sort | hospital workers disaster management and hospital nonstructural: a study in bandar abbas, iran |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4873581/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26573039 http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v8n4p221 |
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