Internal assessment of one of the intensive care units affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences using clinical governance check lists, July 2012

Clinical governance is one of the practical methods for improving quality of health services in the world. In Iran, the ministry of health has taken many positive steps in implementing this framework during the last years. Our goal in this initiative was evaluating our situation according to the approved check lists in the field of critical care. All physicians and nurses in ICU were empowered by enrolling in training sessions and later got involved in internal assessment using critical care check lists. Most of activities in the field of clinical governance in our ICU has been done in the field of leadership and management (48.27%), and the least in the field of clinical auditing (00.00%). Conducting internal assessment in intensive care units, can help us to find-out the weaknesses and strengths of the plan. Using these points, we can prioritize our needs and proceed to improve quality of care.