Bardell Trevor, Brown Peter M
Department of Surgery, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
Can Respir J. 2006 Jul-Aug;13(5):266-8. doi: 10.1155/2006/139359.
To assess smoking policies at Canadian acute care hospitals.
A questionnaire was designed, piloted and faxed to all acute care hospitals in Canada. The questionnaire was designed to address the following: what is the current policy regarding patient smoking? Are staff and/or visitors allowed to smoke inside the hospital? Is there a separate policy for psychiatric patients? Are smoking cessation products available at the hospital pharmacy? Is the policy governed by regional or municipal legislation?
A total of 852 hospitals were included in the study. Of these, 476 responded to the questionnaire, for an overall response rate of 56%. Twenty-seven per cent of respondents allowed patient smoking inside the hospital. While staff smoking was not allowed inside most hospitals (93%), 32% of hospitals in Quebec allowed staff to smoke inside the building. Thirty per cent of hospitals had a separate policy for psychiatric patients, and 27% of hospitals had provisions for visitor smoking. Sixty-seven per cent of hospitals were able to offer patients smoking cessation products while they were in hospital.
Many Canadian hospitals continue to allow smoking inside their facilities. There is considerable variation in hospital smoking policies across the country.
评估加拿大急症护理医院的吸烟政策。
设计了一份问卷，进行了预试验，并传真给加拿大所有的急症护理医院。该问卷旨在解决以下问题：目前关于患者吸烟的政策是什么？工作人员和/或访客是否被允许在医院内吸烟？对精神病患者是否有单独的政策？医院药房是否提供戒烟产品？该政策是否受地区或市政立法的管辖？
共有852家医院纳入该研究。其中，476家医院回复了问卷，总体回复率为56%。27%的受访者允许患者在医院内吸烟。虽然大多数医院（93%）不允许工作人员在医院内吸烟，但魁北克省32%的医院允许工作人员在楼内吸烟。30%的医院对精神病患者有单独的政策，27%的医院对访客吸烟有相关规定。67%的医院能够在患者住院期间为其提供戒烟产品。
许多加拿大医院仍然允许在其设施内吸烟。全国各地医院的吸烟政策存在很大差异。
