. Mehdi Beyramijam; . Seyedeh Moloud Rasouli‑Ghahfarokhi; . Abazar Fathollahzadeh; . Aziz Rahimzadeh; . Mohammad Ali Shahabirabori; . Mohsen Aminizadeh
Volume 9, Issue 11 , November 2019, , Pages 1-5
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Hospitals as the first place for injuries have to keep up and increase activities inemergency and disasters. Therefore, any hospital necessarily requires disasters plan ...
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INTRODUCTION: Hospitals as the first place for injuries have to keep up and increase activities inemergency and disasters. Therefore, any hospital necessarily requires disasters plan to improve itspreparedness. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of education and implementation of“National Hospital Disaster Preparedness Plan (NHDPP)” on Vali Asr Hospital preparedness in Iran.METHODOLOGY: In a pre‑ and post‑intervention study, NHDPP educated in five sessions, and itwas used as a guide in the promotion of Vali Asr Hospital preparedness in Iran. The Iranian versionof “Hospital Disaster Preparedness (HDP) assessment tool” was used to measure the hospitalpreparedness score. Finally, the quantitative data analyzed by using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows,Version 22.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp.RESULTS: Before intervention, the HDP score was measured in total and in the nine dimensionsof preparedness. But after the intervention, it increased, 33% in command and control dimension,33% in communication, 21% in safety and security, 26% in triage, 36% in surge capacity, 24% in thecontinuity of vital services, 27% in human resources, 13% in support and supplies management, and7% in post disaster recovery dimension. Furthermore, the total HDP score increased about 24.5%after the intervention.CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that the “Iranian HDP plan” leads to improve the ValiAsr HDP score. Therefore, by planning and implementation of effective educational programs, it ispossible to improve the hospitals’ preparedness in Iran.