Hospital safety in hospitals affiliated with Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 2011-13

Offering health care by hospitals in critical situations is of great importance. Although after a disaster hospitals may be destroyed as well، many people go to the nearest hospital to get emergency medical services. Thus، hospital safety is an important issue for promotion of patient safety in the communities. Hence، in this study، hospital safety in some hospitals in Tehran in 2012 was evaluated. This cross-sectional study was performed in Imam-Hossein، Taleghani، Modarres، Shohada، and Loghman Hospitals. The questionnaire was Hospital Safety Index (HIS) that includes five subscales and 145 indices for evaluation of hospital safety. In this study، Modarres hospital had the lowest scores in all categories. The highest functional and non-structural scores were related to Imam-Hossein Hospital and the structural scores were higher in Taleghani Hospital. Also Shohada and Loghman Hospitals were in medium level. ‍ According to the obtained results، it may be concluded that hospital safety was in medium level in majority of hospitals in Tehran. Although the situation is not critical، the programming and prompt functioning would be required to improve hospital safety.