Mohammadreza Maleki; Masoomeh Khoshkam; Parisa Shojaee
Volume 5, Issue 1 , March 2008
Abstract
Abstract Introduction: One of the most important problems in health care centers, especially hospitals encounter disasters, is incorrect planning to hospital preparation which would cause imbalance between needs and accessible resources that face hazard in provision quality of medical services. Methods: ...
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Abstract Introduction: One of the most important problems in health care centers, especially hospitals encounter disasters, is incorrect planning to hospital preparation which would cause imbalance between needs and accessible resources that face hazard in provision quality of medical services. Methods: This was a descriptive study in which the educational hospitals of Iran University of Medical Sciences were assessed. A checklist was completed for each hospital by observation and interview with different persons according to case (hospital manager, matron, secretary of disaster board, and...). The data was analyzed descriptively SPSS software. Results: In planning perspective of supplies, Navab and Haftometir hospitals earned the highest score mean percent (66.6) and Hasheminezhad, Shafayahyaeian, Rasoul and Firozgar hospitals earned the lowest score mean percent (60.0). Conclusion: The organizations that do not prepare for crisis, do not characterize organizational structures during and after disaster, do not form responsiveness teams, and do not plan for securing and storing of materials and supplies, etc encounter irreparable financial and life loss. Also regard to deficiency supplies in surveyed hospitals, developing a stress plan is necessary in order to effectiveness use of available resources and prevention part of resources. Keywords: Hospitals; Hospital Planning; Disasters; Safety Management
