Document Type : Original Article
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B.Sc, Faculty of nursing, Mansoura University
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Community Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University
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Ophthalmology Faculty of Medicine –Mansoura University,
Abstract
Background: True disaster preparedness is not really measured until put to the test of a real disaster appropriate reaction to crises necessitates hospital readiness for such conditions. So, each hospital should have previously disasters preparedness for confronting the disasters. A across sectional study aimed to assess disasters preparedness at Ophthalmology Center Mansoura University through stratified random sample involved
313 of manpower at the Center. The data were collected through five tools;1) An observation checklist to assess disasters preparedness at Ophthalmology Center which include two parts; (Part I: An observation checklist to assess the physical environment of Ophthalmology Centre and (b) An observation checklist to assess the Ophthalmology Centre’s policy related to disasters preparedness, 2) An observation checklist to assess Ophthalmology Center's infection control measures, 3) Self administered questionnaire to assess perceived disasters to be expected by manpower at Ophthalmology Centre, 4) Self administered questionnaire to assess manpower's knowledge, and 5) Self administered questionnaire to assess subjective performance of manpower. The results of the present study illustrated that Ophthalmology Center was unprepared as a total score of structural, nonstructural, and policy indicators regarding disasters preparedness was 49.0%, and 53.2%. totally applied infection control measures. Slightly more than half (50.5%) of manpower's aged from 30->40 years, more than two fifths (41.2%) of them had 10->20 years of experience and most (98.4%) of the manpower did not attend training program regarding disasters preparedness. The most common perceived disasters to be expected by manpower at Ophthalmology Centre were the fire. 66.7% of employees, 84.2% of securities, 95.2% of technicians, 51.9% of head and staff nurses, 97% of housekeepers, and 15.4% of physicians and pharmacists have poor level of total knowledge score about disasters preparedness. Non (100%) of employees, securities, technicians, housekeepers, physicians and pharmacists had total proper subjective performance; while the total proper subjective performance of head and staff nurses was 1.2%. The study recommended that: Firstly specified to Ophthalmology Center Mansoura University; Continuous assessment of disasters preparedness, training programs for manpower's regarding disasters preparedness, The absent out lined of non structural indicators regarding disasters preparedness including: building documents, architectural and furnishings, safety of lifeline facilities, communication and coordination, surge capacity, disasters preparedness plan, and policy should be should be put in consideration, establishing an isolation department for emergency outbreak infectious diseases. Secondly: hospitals at a large;
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