Assessment of Safety Status by Audit Method in Student Dormitories of Kashan University of Medical Sciences (2017)

Aims: Dormitories as the second home of students are very decisive in increasing their academic quality. Unfortunately, dormitories of theuniversities in Iran are not safe due to a large number of causes. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the level of safetyof the dormitories at Kashan University of Medical Sciences using the audit method. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study wasconducted by the safety audit checklist at Kashan University of Medical Sciences. The checklists were completed by observation, interviewing,and document control. The safety status index (SSI) was then used to evaluate the safety of the student dormitories. The SSI was then gradedbased on the three scales of undesirable (below 50), moderate (50–75), and desirable (above 75). Results: According to the results, thehighest percentage of noncompliance with the safety dimensions and the different parts of the dormitory building was related to the safetysigns (99.12%) and warehouse (83.95%), respectively. Furthermore, the lowest percentage of noncompliance with the safety dimensions wasrelated to housekeeping and surface safety and public safety (33.3%). Such a noncompliance was related to staircases (53.84%) in differentparts of the dormitory building. Conclusion: This study showed that the safety was not desirable in the dormitories studied. Therefore, itis recommended that a safety and health management system should be established to both improve the level of safety and eliminate thedeficiencies in the student dormitories.

Keywords:

Checklist , dormitory , safety audit