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Assessing the Teamwork among Surgical Teams of Hospitals Affiliated to Social Security Organizations in Tehran City
Reza Kalantari, دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران Seyed Abolfazl Zakerian, Mahmod Mahmodi Majdabadi, Ahmad Zanjirani Farahani, Mohammadreza Meshkati, Ehsan Garosi,
Volume 15, Issue 3 (8-2016)
Abstract

Background:In the healthcare system, teamwork is important to improve the quality of services and provide safe and effective cares. Operation room, as a high-risk environment, requires high levels of teamwork employees to secure performance. This study aimed at assessing the teamwork among surgical teams of hospitals affiliated to Social Security Organizations in Tehran City.

Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study "Observational Teamwork Assessment for Surgery" checklist was used to evaluate teamwork skill in surgical teams. Sixty surgical teams from two hospitals were assessed. In order to data analysis, descriptive statistics was used to calculate mean and standard deviation of age, work experience and teamwork scores in surgical, nursing and anesthesia sub teams. Two-Way ANOVA test was used to study relationship between scores of three surgical phases, sub teams and behaviors domains.

Results: Mean and standard deviation of age and work experience of participants were 42.81±8.57 and 10.62±6.18 years, respectively. Mean score of teamwork was 3.60±0.51 (out of 6) that showed higher than average team performance level. Among three sub teams, nursing achieved the highest score (3.78±0.44). There was a significant difference between nursing sub team and others (p<0.05).

Conclusion: Although mean score of teamwork was in higher than average level in studied teams, but discrepancies between three sub teams were high and worrisome. Use of educational solutions utilization can be effective to improve teamwork and increase quality of behaviors in operation room. 


Investigating the factors affecting whistle-blowing by employees in the hospital
Fatemeh Mohammadkhani Ghiasvand, Masoumeh Abbasabadi Arab, Habibollah Taherpour Kalantari, Hossein Alipour,
Volume 21, Issue 2 (9-2022)
Abstract
Background: The occurrence of all kinds of errors and mistakes imposes many costs on the hospital and society. Whistleblowing and error reporting plays an essential role in preventing and reducing errors, but the rate of error reporting in hospitals is low. This research was conducted in order to investigate the effect of selected individual factors on whistleblowing of hospital employees.

Materials: The research was conducted as a descriptive correlational study. 229 nursing and para clinic staff of a hospital in Tehran were selected by random sampling. A standard questionnaire with 69 items from valid questionnaires of selected factors, including organizational commitment, source of control, moral judgment, altruism, individual's attitude towards whistleblowing and intention to whistleblowing was collected and its validity and reliability were confirmed. The method of data analysis was confirmatory factor analysis and SPSS and Amos software were used as well.

Results: The variables of organizational commitment, altruism and individual's attitude towards whistleblowing have an effect on the intention of whistleblowing, and moral judgment and source of control have no effect on the intention of whistleblowing. Also, individual variables such as age, gender, and work experience did not have a significant effect on the intention to blow the whistle.

Conclusion: Strengthening organizational commitment, altruism of employees and the positive attitude of the individual toward whistle-blowing play an important role in improving error reporting. Hospital management methods can strengthen or weaken these factors. Participatory management style, job empowerment, supporting and creating a safe environment for reporting, promoting employees' ethical and professional principles,  and learning and sharing medical errors are effective measures in promoting whistle-blowing.
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