Hospital Practices and Research

Evaluation of Pandemic Preparedness of Shiraz Teaching Hospitals for COVID-19 from the Perspective of Health Care Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mojgan Ansari 1
Mohammad Heidari 1
Leila Mohammadinia 2
Ezat Samadipour 3

1 Department of Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery School, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran

2 Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

3 Department of Emergencies Medicine, School of Paramedic, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30491/hpr.2024.385735.1386
Abstract
Background: During disasters, hospitals play a key role in providing quality and appropriate medical services to increase resilience.
Objectives: This study was carried out with the aim of determining the response rate of the emergency department of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences hospitals to the Corona pandemic in 2021.
Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive research was conducted in educational-therapeutic hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. For this purpose, 230 senior and middle managers, emergency department nurses and emergency medicine specialists participated in this study. Hospitals were placed in two categories: special centers for COVID-19 (3 hospitals) and other educational and medical centers (general and specialized centers) (8 hospitals). The information was collected by the hospital readiness assessment checklist (2020) for the management of infectious disease epidemic crisis based on the guidelines of the World Health Organization for the response of hospitals to the COVID-19. After collecting the data, it was entered into SPSS 22 and analyzed.
Results: Findings of this study showed that the readiness of hospitals is at a good level (87%). The studied hospitals performed very well in items of support and management of financial resources, communication management, human resources management, diagnosis and management of patients, but in item of rapid identification and control and prevention of infection, they performed very poorly. The centers of COVID-19 scored higher than other educational-treatment centers, continuation of services and increased capacity, rapid identification, diagnosis, prevention and control of infection, which was statistically significant (p <0.05).
Conclusion: Rapid identification of patients seems to be an important challenge in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. The allocation of special hospitals for the care of COVID-19 patients is also effective in preparing them for the pandemic.

Keywords

Evaluation
Preparedness
Emergency
Hospital
Pandemic
COVID-19
Shiraz
Educational-medical
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Hospital Practices and Research
Volume 8, Issue 3 - Serial Number 31
Summer 2023
Pages 319-324

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