Professionalism, accountability and peer reviewPassage in April 1979 of the new hospital standard on quality assurance by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAH) has given impetus to the development of an expanded literature on the organizational/behavioral...
Does non-medical grade power cord compromise the safety of medical equipment?... Hence, this project was undertaken to evaluate the electrical safety of all life-saving equipment purchased in the year 2013, referring to the guidelines of International Electrotechnical Commission 62353, the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)-99 hospital standard for the analysis of protective earth resistance and chassis leakage current....
Clinical performance of a new blood control peripheral intravenous catheter: a prospective, randomized, controlled study AbstractIntroductionThe performance of a new safety peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) that contains a blood control feature in the hub (blood control) was compared against the current hospital standard without blood control (standard).MethodsIn...
Comparison of hospital standards with iso principles and presentation appropriate model of hospital standard developmentBackground: Hospital standards are one of the valuest concepture items in an organization and hospital management....