Audit of the Standard Precautions Formulated against the Transmission of Bloodborne Diseases in the Hemodialysis Wards of the Hospital Affiliated to Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences (2014)

Background & Objective: Hemodialysis ward personnel are at a higher risk of contact with blood and body fluids and sharp objects due to the conditions of these wards and frequent contact with hemodialysis patients. The present study aimed to audit the standard precautions in the hemodialysis wards of the hospitals affiliated to Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 60 nurses in the hemodialysis wards of the hospital affiliated to Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, who were selected via census sampling. Data were collected using a researcher-made demographic questionnaire and standard precautionary checklist. Data analysis was performed in SPSS version 12 using frequency tables, mean, standard deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation-coefficient. Results: The standard precautions against the transmission of bloodborne diseases were not at a poor level in any of the hemodialysis wards of the hospitals affiliated to Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences. In addition, the highest observance of the standard precautions was observed in the hemodialysis staff of Lordegan Shohada Hospital. Conclusion: The standard precautions against the transmission of bloodborne diseases were assessed in the hemodialysis wards of the hospitals affiliated to Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, and these principles were observed to be on moderate and favorable levels. Keywords: Auditing, Formulated Standards, Bloodborne Diseases, Hemodialysi

Investigation the Dysfunctional attitudes and its´ relationship with stress, anxiety and depression in breast cancer patients

Background: Breast cancer is considered as the most common as well as most effective malignancy in adult female population, has leaded to deep psychological and emotional problems such as depression, anxiety and stress. One of the possible factors lead to develop of depression, anxiety and stress in people based on cognitive models, is the cognitive distortions and dysfunctional attitudes towards the situation. The components included high prevalence and huge effects of breast cancer´s depression, anxiety and stress on different aspect as well as key role of dysfunctional attitudes in development of these elements; encouraged us to design and perform a study with aim to investigation the dysfunctional attitudes and its´ relationship with stress, anxiety and depression in breast cancer patients referred to a specialized cancer hospital Isfahan, Iran. Methods: This descriptive, analytic cross sectional study was conducted on cancer patients who were selected using simple sampling. A total number of 297 hospitalized patients with breast cancer were enrolled in 6 months. The clinical and demographic characteristics information, dysfunctional attitudes questionnaire (DAS-26) and the depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS-42) were used. All analyses were performed with descriptive and analytic statistical methods in SPSS for Windows 18.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Findings: Mean scores of dysfunctional attitudes were 87.35 (27.53). Also mean scores of stress, anxiety and depression were 14.16 (9.38), 11.64 (8.27) and 12.06 (9.52) relatively. Based on study findings there was a statistically significant relationship between dysfunctional attitudes with stress, anxiety and depression in patients with breast cancer. Conclusion: With regard to results of this study, breast cancer patients with higher scores dysfunctional attitudes had more stress, anxiety and depression. In addition low dysfunctional attitudes score was an important protecting factor against stress, anxiety and depression in these patients

Audit of the Standard Precautions Formulated against the Transmission of Bloodborne Diseases in the Hemodialysis Wards of the Hospital Affiliated to Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences (2014)

Background & Objective: Hemodialysis ward personnel are at a higher risk of contact with blood and body fluids and sharp objects due to the conditions of these wards and frequent contact with hemodialysis patients. The present study aimed to audit the standard precautions in the hemodialysis wards of the hospitals affiliated to Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 60 nurses in the hemodialysis wards of the hospital affiliated to Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, who were selected via census sampling. Data were collected using a researcher-made demographic questionnaire and standard precautionary checklist. Data analysis was performed in SPSS version 12 using frequency tables, mean, standard deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearsonchr('39')s correlation-coefficient. Results: The standard precautions against the transmission of bloodborne diseases were not at a poor level in any of the hemodialysis wards of the hospitals affiliated to Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences. In addition, the highest observance of the standard precautions was observed in the hemodialysis staff of Lordegan Shohada Hospital.   Conclusion: The standard precautions against the transmission of bloodborne diseases were assessed in the hemodialysis wards of the hospitals affiliated to Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, and these principles were observed to be on moderate and favorable levels