When renewing medical equipment is necessary: A case report

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 616-619

  Tavakoli, Hassan ^a   Karami, Mohsen ^b   Rezai, Jalal ^a   Esfandiari, Khalil ^a   Khashayar, Patricia ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Equipment safety; Iran; Medical equipment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT; HAND INJURY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOM; STANDARD;

BURNS, ELECTRIC; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IRAN; LIGHTING; MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING, HOSPITAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES;

EID: 35348883381     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860710822743     Document Type: Article

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