BASIC HOSPITAL PROCEDURES
Demonstrate the knowledge of a health facility set up
Content
Meaning of terms
Types of departments in a health facility Management structure and ministerial organogram Levels of health facilities
Theatre layout Units in a theatre Meaning of terms
General hospital...
BASIC HOSPITAL PROCEDURES
Demonstrate the knowledge of a health facility set up
Content
Meaning of terms
Types of departments in a health facility Management structure and ministerial organogram
Levels of health facilities
Theatre layout Units in a theatre Meaning of terms
General hospital. A hospital that provides a range of different services for patients of
various age groups and with varying disease conditions.
Specialized hospital. A hospital admitting primarily patients suffering from a specific disease or affection of one system, or reserved for the diagnosis and treatment of conditions
affecting a specific age group or of a long-term nature.
District/first-level referral hospital . A hospital at the first referral level that is responsible for a district or a defined geographical area containing a defined population and governed by
a politico-administrative organization such as a district health management team.
The role of district hospitals in primary health care has been expanded beyond being dominantly curative and rehabilitative to include promotional, preventive, and educational
roles as part of a primary health-care approach.
The district hospital has the following functions:
–It is an important support for other health services and for health care in general in the
district;
–It provides wide-ranging technical and administrative support and education and training for primary health care;
–it provides an effective, affordable health-care service for a defined population, with their
full participation, in cooperation with agencies in the district that have similar concerns.
Primary health-care centre . A centre that provides services which are usually the first point
of contact with a health professional. They include services provided by general
practitioners, dentists, community nurses, pharmacists and midwives, among others
Physicians/doctors. All graduates of any faculty or school of medicine, actually working in
the country in any medical field (practice, teaching, administration, research, laboratory,
etc.).
Midwives. All persons who have completed a programme of midwifery education and have
acquired the requisite qualifications to be registered and/or legally licensed to practise midwifery, and are actually working in the country. The person may or may not have prior
nursing education.
Nurses. All persons who have completed a programme of basic nursing education and are
qualified and registered or authorized to provide responsible and competent service for the
promotion of health, prevention of illness, the care of the sick, and rehabilitation, and are actually working in the country
Pharmacists. All graduates of any faculty or school of pharmacy, actually working in the
country in pharmacies, hospitals, laboratories, industry, etc.
Dentists. All graduates of any faculty or school of dentistry, odontology or stomatology,
actually working in the country in any dental field.
Other health-care providers (including community health workers). All workers who respond to the national definition of health-care providers and are neither physicians/doctors,
midwives, nurses, pharmacists, or dentists.
Inpatient. A person who is formally admitted to a health-care facility and who is discharged
after one or more days.
Outpatient. A person who goes to a health-care facility for a consultation, and who leaves the facility within three hours of the start of consultation. An outpatient is not formally admitted to the facility.
Ambulatory care. All types of health services provided to patients who are not confined to
an institutional bed as inpatients during the time services are rendered
Ambulatory care delivered in institutions that also deliver inpatient care is usually called “outpatient care
Day care. Medical and paramedical services delivered to patients who are formally admitted
for diagnosis, treatment or other types of health care with the intention of discharging the patient the same day
Long-term care. Long-term care encompasses a broad range of help with daily activities that
chronically disabled individuals need for a prolonged period of time.
Long-term care is primarily concerned with maintaining or improving the ability of elderly people with disabilities to function as independently as possible for as long as possible; it also
encompasses social and environmental needs and is therefore broader than the medical model
that dominates acute care
Social care. Services related to long-term inpatient care plus community care services, such
as day care centres and social services for the chronically ill, the elderly and other groups with special needs such as the mentally ill, mentally handicapped, and the physically handicapped.
Types of departments in a health facility
OPD
In-patient
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