Investigating Fire Protection Condition in the Units of Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran, Iran
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نوع سند: مقاله ژورنالی
زبان: انگلیسی
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JR_HPR-7-1_005
تاریخ نمایه سازی: 6 تیر 1402
چکیده مقاله:
Background: Various studies indicate that in many cases, fire has broken out in hospitals.Objectives: This study aims to assess fire protection in the selected units of Imam Khomeini hospital located in Tehran, Iran in ۲۰۲۰.Methods: In this descriptive-analytic study, first, a researcher-made checklist was developed for the data collection by valid scientific resources (CVI = ۰.۹۰ and CVR > ۰.۶۲). After revising and the final confirmation of reliability, the checklist was separately completed by two members of the risk management committee in ۲۲ units of Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Cronbach’s weighted Kappa statistical test was calculated.Results: The domain of Ability and Capability of Fire Prevention was ۶۶.۱%; the domain of Responsiveness was ۶۵.۱%, and the domain of Urgent Evacuation Ability was ۲۷.۳%. In the domain of Responsiveness, the highest scores were relevant to accessing fire extinguishers cylinder in the units (۹۵.۵%) and holding fire extinguishing practice courses, and doing seasonal practices with that region’s fire station (۹۰.۹% for both). The highest scores in the domain of Urgent Evacuation Ability were assigned to accessing adequate ambulances to evacuate patients (۹۰.۹%) and mapping the units as well as determining patient evacuation routes when a fire breaks out (۷۲.۷%).Conclusion: The essential protection measures should be taken in order to improve the hospitals’ fire protection by better access to the exits, increasing the number of the exits and standardizing the emergency exits, enhancing the due fire extinguishing practices and hospital evacuation as well as training the staff.
نویسندگان
Mojtaba Fazel
Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Ali Ardalan
Department of Disaster Public Health, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abbas Ostad Taghizadeh
Department of Disaster & Emergency Health, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Tahereh Yaghoubi
Traditional Medicine Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran