| چکیده انگلیسی مقاله |
Introduction: During disasters and emergencies, health care systems, particularly hospitals, as the main providers of care, play an important role in disaster response. Therefore, we have examined the preparedness of hospitals affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of medical sciences (SBUMS) for biological incidents.
Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to assessment the preparedness level of 14 teaching hospitals in response to biological incidents in 2022. The preparedness of the hospitals in facing biological incidents was evaluated by the secretaries of the hospitals’ risk and disaster management committees using a standard questionnaire (Hospital preparedness questionnaire in response to biological incidents) to assess different dimensions of hospital preparedness, including the development of managerial structures, capacity building, training and practice, information and communication management, health care system and laboratory, safety and security, patient management, and hospital resilience.
Results: The assessment of different hospital preparedness dimensions in facing biological incidents showed that the mean scores of the managerial structure development, capacity building, training & practice, information & communication management, safety & security, health care system & laboratory, patient management, and hospital resilience were 20.12, 44.71, 14.14, 19.21, 46.64, 20.42, 27.42, 15.92, respectively. The highest score was related to the dimension of safety & security and information & communication management with average scores of 50.78 and 22 respectively. Also, the dimension of training & practice, with the average score of 16.28 and the average percentage of 64.29%, attained the lowest score among the eight dimensions of hospital preparedness. The net score of hospital preparedness in response to biological incidents was calculated to be 230.28. According to the final score of hospital preparedness, nine (64.3%) hospitals were in a good preparedness status while five (35.7%) hospitals acquired an average level of preparedness.
Conclusion: The preparedness of the investigated hospitals in response to biological events was at a favorable level. However, coping with biological incidents mandates the highest level of preparedness, so it is necessary to maintain good preparedness and try to improve the condition to an optimal level by focusing on all dimensions, especially those acquiring lower scores. |
| نویسندگان مقاله |
| Saeed Younesi
Department of Health in Disasters and Emergencies, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
| Zoherh Ghomian
Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
| Hossein Hatami
Department of Public Health, School of Public Health & Environmental and Occupational Hazards Control Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
| Simintaj Sharififar
Health in Disaster and Emergency, Health in Disaster and Emergency Department, Faculty of Nursing, Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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