Table 4:
Main themes, themes and subthemes of special hospitals
| Main theme | Theme | Subtheme |
|---|---|---|
| Governing body & administration | Human resource management & education | Staffing (60, 61) Level of responsibility and accountability (56) Competence of employees (3) Organizational structure (3, 57) Orientation and training (57, 58, 60, 69) Providing educational videotapes, audiotapes, … (55) |
| Risk management | All interior furnishings are flame resistant (55) | |
| Facility management | Maintaining copies of all safety inspections (55) Employees participation in quarterly fire and disaster drills (55) Regulate policies and procedures for the facility (3) Functional facility design (57, 61) |
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| Community outreach | Education, prevention, and early detection programs (56) Commitment toward community health (57) Twenty-four-hour telephone and on-site consultation (18) |
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| Financial management | Monitoring facility’s financial health (55) | |
| Clinical governance | Interdisciplinary patient management (56) Patient navigation (56, 61) Transfer agreement with another centers (18) Trauma rehabilitation (18) Medication management (60) |
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| Medical records | Keeping a sample of each Patient form in a folder (3, 61) Physically isolate and protect patient Charts (3, 61) Charts professional audit (3, 61) |
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| Medical equipment | Writing procedure for installing and introducing new equipment (55, 58, 60) | |
| Prevention & health | Infection control | Wearing scrubs in the surgery center (55) Testing the autoclave (55) Caring for Patients with infectious diseases (20, 55) Alternative devices for anti-embolic prophylaxis (70) |
| Environmental health | Laundry service (55) Storing soiled linens in covered containers (55) Maintaining a clean, safe environment (3) Water treatment system (61) |
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| Care and treatment | Emergency services | Emergency assessment of patients (57) Professional staff certification (18) |
| Surgical services | Blood and blood replacement products (55) Professional staff certification (18) On-call surgery (18) Controlling or temperature between 68 and 72 degrees fahrenheit (70) |
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| Diagnostic services | Pathology and clinical laboratory services | Laboratory protocols (59) Donor screening (59) |
| Radiology services (58) | ||
| Patient rights | Accommodation of patients with disabilities (55) Treating with dignity (3,20) Planning for resolving patient grievances (3,20) |
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| Quality improvement | Quality of care | Use of cost-effective patient care procedures and treatments Evaluation and management guidelines To establish the medical director and/or co-directors (56) Process improvement orientation (57) Nursing care evaluation (18, 60) Post discharge follow-up |