Document Details
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Article In Journal |
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Environmental Assessment of Alexandria Medical Research Institute التقييم البيئي لمعهد البحوث الطبية بالإسكندرية |
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Document Language |
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English |
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Abstract |
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Abstract. The evaluation of the temperature and humidity in the
different sites of the Medical Research Institute (MRI) revealed that,
allover the year, the temperature ranged between 19 and 28 degrees
Centigrade, while the humidity ranged between 67% and 90%.
Ideally, temperature should be adjusted between 22 and 26°C, and
relative humidity should be kept at 30% to 60%. The adequacy of
ventilation depended on the location of the hospital unit. The cost-free
wards, the kitchen, the laundry, the chemotherapy unit, and the
surgery D ward had poor ventilation. Some of the hospital
departments depended on air conditioning systems and others made
use of natural ventilation. The light adequacy in the different
departments and units depended on their site as regards exposure to
the sunlight. Examples for units with poor natural lighting were the
cost-free wards, the kitchen, the chemotherapy unit, and the
bacteriological laboratory. Most of the units had to use artificial
lighting during the daytime apart from the natural light to ensure
adequate illumination. The assessment of cleanliness revealed that the
areas that had the priority for good cleaning practices had the highest
score for cleanliness. The patients in the operating theatre, cardiac
care units and renal dialysis unit are more susceptible to infection than
those in general wards. Cleaning was therefore of particular
importance in these areas. Despite the use of vector control measures
on both the hospital and unit levels, vectors were present in the
hospital, e.g. mice, cockroaches, and houseflies. This may be due to
the irregular use of pesticides and rat control measure. The quality of
the laundry services was found inadequate and did not fulfill many of
the laundry requirements. Color coding was not used in linen .
containers’ identification. Furthermore, there was complete
dependence on natural drying, as the dryer was not working. There
was also no bacterial evaluation for the laundry before and after
washing. The present study concluded that the Medical Research
Institute was mostly good in its environmental conditions, except for
some defects in certain services. |
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ISSN |
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1319-1039 |
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Journal Name |
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Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriculture Sciences Journal |
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Volume |
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20 |
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Issue Number |
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1 |
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Publishing Year |
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1430 AH
2009 AD |
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Article Type |
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Article |
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Added Date |
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Saturday, July 7, 2012 |
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Researchers
| ممدوح حنفي عبده | Abdou, Mamdouh H | Researcher | Doctorate | mabdu@kau.edu.sa |
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