The role of demographic, job-related and psychological characteristics on the prevalence of repetitive patient safety incidents among Iranian nurses.

Background: Job-related psychosocial factors have a substantial effect on the occurrence of adverse events among healthcare professionals.

Objective: An analytical and descriptive survey was conducted to evaluate the relationship between the occurrence of patient safety incidents and psychological factors.

Methods: The study sample consisted of 177 nurses who were asked about patient safety events over six months.

Clinical Presentation and Microbial Analyses of Contact Lens Keratitis; an Epidemiologic Study.

Introduction: Microbial keratitis is an infective process of the cornea with a potentially and serious visual impairments. Contact lenses are a major cause of microbial keratitis in the developed countries especially among young people. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the frequency and microbiological characteristic of CLK in patients referred to the emergency department (ED) of teaching hospitals, Babol, Iran.