The proposed solutions included imposing stricter regulations for competing for medical records, such as reduction of payments, development of guiding brochures or protocols for patients on their arrival, assigning a certain number of experienced nurses and surgeons for schedule management, rewarding the report of medical and surgical error cases, and developing a regular monitoring program for the proper implementation of surgical safety guidelines.

There are various managerial barriers that hamper QI in hospitals’ surgery-related processes. Implementing simple but agreed solutions can lead to saving patients’ lives, reduction of the unnecessary use of resources, and enhance of patient and staff satisfaction.

There are various managerial barriers that hamper QI in hospitals’ surgery-related processes. Implementing simple but agreed solutions can lead to saving patients’ lives, reduction of the unnecessary use of resources, and enhance of patient and staff satisfaction.Schools are considered as a first community, which plays an essential role in developing the child’s life skills; thus, it is important to provide safety and health in these places. Accordingly, health, safety, and environmental (HSE) issues in schools are among the important issues that should be considered. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to review the studies conducted on the HSE status of Iranian schools. A systematic search of databases, including Google Scholar, SID, PubMed, IRANDOC, MEDLIB, and Science Direct, was performed using keywords by March 2020. The reference lists of key studies were also scanned to find additional articles that are suitable to include in this study. Twenty-five studies met the inclusion criteria. The results of the studies showed that the surveyed schools had favorable status in terms of HSE indicators, and only 12% of the studies reported poor status. About 88% of schools had favorable or average condition. Some cases, such as lack of safe emergency exit and inadequate ergonomic seats, have been reported, and some differences have been observed in schools in rural and urban areas. The results showed that the health and safety situation in most of the urban schools in Iran is good and relatively favorable. However, there have also been some problems; hence, the implementation of integrated HSE management is imperative to improve the status of schools. Personal health education and safety education are also recommended.

There are various instructional methods worldwide and virtual instruction is one of them. This widely used method involves online instruction and e-learning. The present study compares the effects of lecture-based and virtual instruction on student learning, satisfaction, and content retention among surgical technology students at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.

The population of this two-stage, quasi-experimental study consisted of 40 surgical technology students at the School of Nursing and Midwifery. After fulfilling inclusion criteria, they were randomly assigned to the virtual instruction group (VG,

= 20) and the traditional, lecture-based instruction group (TG,

= 20). Data were collected via a researcher-made student satisfaction questionnaire and two learning examinations. Their validity and reliability had been confirmed. The data were analyzed using SPSS 13 and analytical and descriptive tests (

< 0.05).

There was no statistically significant difference between the TG and the VG with respect to the mean score in the first examination (

= 0.89). However, the two groups were significantly different in terms of the mean score in the second examination (

= 0.03). Regarding content retention and recall performance, the VG outperformed the TG. Furthermore, the mean satisfaction score of the VG (132.24 ± 17.92) was higher than that of the TG (115.56 ± 17.57) (

< 0.05).

Virtual instruction and lecture-based instruction had comparable short-term learning outcomes. Nevertheless, with the passage of time, it was revealed that virtual instruction could result in better learning performance and higher content retention and satisfaction.

Virtual instruction and lecture-based instruction had comparable short-term learning outcomes. Nevertheless, with the passage of time, it was revealed that virtual instruction could result in better learning performance and higher content retention and satisfaction.

Child abuse (CA) is prevalent in every segment of society and is witnessed in all social, ethnic, religious, and professional strata. In this situation, dentists are in an ideal position to help detect signs of CA and should be able to recognize those signs.

To assess the perspectives toward CA and neglect among dental practitioners of Belagavi city.

A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 102 dental practitioners. The data were collected by self-administered structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive analyses for responses to each question, and Chi-square test was applied to test the association.

59.8% had learned the topic of CA and neglect as a student. Overall, 16 participants have recognized suspicious case of CA and neglect in their dental office. Only 34.3% had knowledge regarding the findings pointing to CA and neglect, and 96% had reported that there are barriers regarding reporting the same. 93% are of opinion that the topic is of utmost importance and more training is required in this aspect.

Training and continuing dental education programs should be tailored to the specific needs of all professionals to diagnose, report, and prevent CA.

Training and continuing dental education programs should be tailored to the specific needs of all professionals to diagnose, report, and prevent CA.

Autoimmunity Screening for Kids (ASK) study was launched to screen general population children for type 1 diabetes (T1D) and celiac disease (CD).

A total of 23,319 children from general population were screened. A high throughput multiplex electrochemiluminescence (ECL) assay to screen multiautoantibodies in a single well was applied, parallel with a standard radiobinding assay (RBA). Entinostat nmr All children with any positive autoantibodies in screening were revisited within one month for confirmation and followed every 6 months.

Among 23,319 children, 2.6% (606/23,319) of children were tested positive for TGA. Multiplex ECL assay detected more TGA (584/23,319) in the initial screening than RBA (490/23,319,

= 0.004) and was able to detect TGA earlier than RBA in a subset of children by 0.8 to 34.8 months. Prevalence of TGA by either ECL or RBA in children with islet autoantibodies was found significantly higher than overall prevalence in general population screened.

A multiplex ECL assay was more sensitive than standard RBA by identifying more TGA positivity and detecting TGA earlier in general population screening.