The study of the preparedness level of zabol city hospitals in term of unexpected events

Having a disaster preparation program in order to accountability against the problems due to crisis is essential for the hospitals. The present study was designed to assess the Zabol hospitals preparedness for confronting such crises. This descriptive cross- sectional study was conducted on the hospitals of zabol city in 2010. Data collected was through filling the check lists containing 314 questions about hospitals preparation rate in planning, organizing, admitting and documentation, cleaning, emergency, care and therapeutic services, logistic services, patients transfer and discharge, traffic controls, training communications, health and safety. The data were analyzed by descriptive methods and analytical statistics methods (t.test) by using SPSS;17 (p-value≤0.05). The findings indicated that the hospitals preparation rate in planning(2.27%). cleaning(30%)., emergency(42.85%), logistic services(48.61%), patients transfer and discharge(38.33%), traffic controls(77.26%), communications(31.57%), health(35.71%) and safety(47.61%). In organizing (67.64%), admitting and documentation (65.38%),, care and therapeutic services(63.63%), training(61.1%), traffic controls(77.26%) were evaluated according to standards. Altogether the hospitals preparation rate was (48.40%) according to standards and there was a significant statistics differentiation between planning, organizing, patients transfer and discharge (p-value≤0.05). With the study results obtained, it is essential for the hospitals to have logical structure for human recourses ordered arrangement and the exact division of managerial duties for promoting hospital crisis management programs.