Application of barnûf (Pluchea dioscoridis) leaves extract as a natural antioxidant and antimicrobial agent for eggs quality and safety improvement during storage

Author(s):  
Essam Mohamed Elsebaie ◽  
Rowida younis Essa
BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. e042847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sina Furnes Øyri ◽  
Geir Sverre Braut ◽  
Carl Macrae ◽  
Siri Wiig

A new regulatory framework to support local quality and safety efforts in hospitals was introduced to the Norwegian healthcare system in 2017. This study aimed to investigate hospital managers’ perspectives on implementation efforts and the resulting work practices, to understand if, and how, the new Quality Improvement Regulation influenced quality and safety improvement activities.DesignThis article reports one study level (the perspectives of hospital managers), as part of a multilevel case study. Data were collected by interviews and analysed according to qualitative content analysis.SettingThree hospitals retrieved from two regional health trusts in Norway.Participants20 hospital managers or quality advisers selected from different levels of hospital organisations.ResultsFour themes were identified in response to the study aim: (1) adaptive capacity in hospital management and practice, (2) implementation efforts and challenges with quality improvement, (3) systemic changes and (4) the potential to learn. Recent structural and cultural changes to, and development of, quality improvement systems in hospitals were discovered (3). Participants however, revealed no change in their practice solely due to the new Quality Improvement Regulation (2). Findings indicated that hospital managers are legally responsible for quality improvement implementation and participants described several benefits with the new Quality Improvement Regulation (2). This related to adaptation and flexibility to local context, and clinical autonomy as an inevitable element in hospital practice (1). Trust and a safe work environment were described as key factors to achieve adverse event reporting and support learning processes (4).ConclusionsThis study suggests that a lack of time, competence and/or motivation, impacted hospitals’ implementation of quality improvement efforts. Hospital managers’ autonomy and adaptive capacity to tailor quality improvement efforts were key for the new Quality Improvement Regulation to have any relevant impact on hospital practice and for it to influence quality and safety improvement activities.


2006 ◽  
Vol 72 (11) ◽  
pp. 985-989 ◽  
Author(s):  
William L. Lanier

Modern medical practice, and particularly that within the hospital environment, has been under intense scrutiny in an attempt to improve patient safety and optimize outcomes. Anesthesiology has been cited as among the most successful specialties effecting improvements. According to the Institute of Medicine's 1999 report, To Err is Human, “… anesthesiology has successfully reduced anesthesia mortality rates from two deaths per 10,000 anesthetics administered, to one death per 200,000 to 300,000 anesthetics administered.” The current report reviews representative highlights from 30 years of progress in improving anesthesiology safety and offers a speculative synthesis of the factors critical to past and future successes. The seven identified points include 1) the emergence of a champion and his allies, 2) initial efforts to identify and quantify broad-reaching problems, 3) research addressing intellectually “amusing” problems of relevance to practitioners, 4) reaching out to others with focused expertise in problem prevention and problem solving, 5) sharing the responsibility for quality and safety improvement with other specialties, 6) expanding buy-in and participation within the anesthesia community, and 7) preparing for the future. The factors provide not only an accounting of anesthesiologists’ successes, but also a road map for other groups and specialties desiring to emulate the anesthesiologists’ experience.


Author(s):  
Sonja Dieterich ◽  
Eric Ford ◽  
Dan Pavord ◽  
Jing Zeng

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 413-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Øvretveit

PurposeTo provide research‐informed guidance to leaders of quality and safety improvement and evidence‐based materials for education programmes for leadersDesign/methodology/approachSearch of databases and hard copy literature since 1985 into managers' and leaders' role in quality and safety improvement. Classification into “eA”: Empirical research strong evidence, “eB”: Empirical research, weak evidence and, “eC”: Conceptual discussion, not based on systematic empirical research. Summary, and synthesis of the best available evidence for a guidance checklist for leaders.FindingsAlthough most literature emphasises the importance of committed leadership for successful quality and safety improvement, research evidence supporting this is scarce and often scientifically limited. The research shows evidence of the limitations and scope of leader actions for improving health care provision, the need to engage clinicians in this work and ways to do so, as well as the leadership role played by others apart from senior leaders. The ability of managers and other leaders skilfully to tailor Q&SI to the situation may be important but descriptions of how leaders do this and evidence supporting this proposition are lacking.Research limitations/implicationsMore research is needed about whether or how the leader role is different according to the stage of quality and safety development of the organisation, the type of organisation, the type of context, the level and type of leader and the type of improvement and improvement method.Practical implicationsImplications for leaders' actions are provided in a “best evidence guidance” checklist. This provides more tangible and research‐informed guidance than the inspirational literature or studies from single organisations.Originality/valueThis paper provides the first overview and synthesis of a wide range of studies which can be used as a basis for future research and materials for educational programmes. It provides the first detailed guidance for leaders about specific actions which research suggests they need to take to improve quality and safety.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 17S-28S
Author(s):  
Fan Jiang ◽  
Jamie R. F. Wilson ◽  
Jetan H. Badhiwala ◽  
Carlo Santaguida ◽  
Michael H. Weber ◽  
...  

Study Design: Review article. Objectives: A narrative review of the literature on the current advances and limitations in quality and safety improvement initiatives in spine surgery. Methods: A comprehensive literature search was performed using Ovid MEDLINE focusing on 3 preidentified concepts: (1) quality and safety improvement, (2) reporting of outcomes and adverse events, and (3) prediction model and practice guidelines. The search was conducted under appropriate subject headings and using relevant text words. Articles were screened, and manuscripts relevant to this discussion were included in the narrative review. Results: Quality and safety improvement remains a major research focus attracting investigators from the global spine community. Multiple databases and registries have been developed for the purpose of generating data and monitoring the progress of quality and safety improvement initiatives. The development of various prediction models and clinical practice guidelines has helped shape the care of spine patients in the modern era. With the reported success of exemplary programs initiated by the Northwestern and Seattle Spine Team, other quality and safety improvement initiatives are anticipated to follow. However, despite these advancements, the reporting metrics for outcomes and adverse events remain heterogeneous in the literature. Conclusion: Constant surveillance and continuous improvement of the quality and safety of spine treatments is imperative in modern health care. Although great advancement has been made, issues with reporting outcomes and adverse events persist, and improvement in this regard is certainly needed.


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