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Abstract
Accreditation is a powerful mechanism to improve the quality of health care
and healthcare outcomes. It has many benefits such as increasing in teamwork, it
encourages nursing staff to use standardize clinical and administrative procedures,
consequently, the accreditation leads to improvement in hospital image and staff
satisfaction . Furthermore, it increases the interest and support for the improvement
of the quality achieved by the leaders, the sense of community among the hospital
staff, and the consideration and concern for one another.
The patients are considered as the clients of the health services and the target
that the hospital aims to satisfy their needs. Hence; with the awareness of the
patients of the accreditation, patients are be involved in their treatment decisions,
they are be treated with dignity and respect, they express more satisfaction and
they will make sure that their rights are protected .When the patients are aware of
the hospital accreditation, they become aware of the care they receive and the
rights and responsibilities they must have. The results, at the end, the patients
become more satisfied.
The purpose of the study was to assess the awareness of nursing staff and
patients regarding hospital accreditation. Settings : Menoufia University hospitals
which include (The Emergency Hospital , The Main Hospital ,The Speciality
Hospital , The For profit Hospital and Oncology Institute ) , Shebin-Elkom
Teaching Hospital , National Liver Institute (NLI) and El-Helal Governmental
Hospital in Menoufia Governate. Design: A descriptive comparative design was
used to carry out this study. A simple random sample of 500 nursing staff, who
accepted to participate in the study and 221 patients.