Administrative staff perception toward safety measures in AL-Najaf hospitals (original) (raw)
Backwind: No doubt that occupations are associated with different safety concerns in all work fields, uniquely health care organizations, have the stock of workers who are more exposed to dangers from the different jobs. Therefore, the role of perception in strengthening and changing behaviors and concepts as general. This study focuses on evaluating management perception of the occupational health and safety measures used within a hospital in AL-Najaf city. Methodology: A descriptive analytic design cross sectional study was carried out in al-Najaf City hospitals (AL-Sadder Medical City, AL-Forat AL-Awsat teaching hospital, AL-Zahra'a teaching hospital, AL-Hakeem teaching hospital and AL-Sajad hospital) from October 8th 2017 to September 16 th 2018. A non-probability (Purposive Sample) of (100) health administrator who manage different units of hospitals in order to assess their level of perception toward safety measures as well as finding out the relationship between the demographics of the element of the sample and their level of perception. A questionnaire consisting of two parts was used, including demographic information, and administrator's perception toward safety measures. Results: The findings of the existing study specify that the overall assessment of administrator's perception towards safety measures is fair. Conclusions: The study concluded that the administrator's level of perception towards safety measures is affected by years of experience as an administrator, and also found that there is no return-to-work program in hospitals in Al-Najaf city. Current study recommended that safety training is necessary so as to help employees to increase their knowledge and practice about health and safety at work. Recommendations Working on improving the policy and regulatory framework for occupational health in health organization, legalizations that keep the right of the employees and employer are necessary to be established and applied, tools and models for governments, employers and workers to establish practices that confer maximum safety at work, there is also the need for invest heavily into occupational health and safety research as it will influence positively on policy and decision making regarding health and safety issues among HCWs .and establishing a return-to-work program in workplace is a great need for rehabilitating the employees after being injured .
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