Browsing by Author "Tadesse Elias"

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    Assessment of Budgeting Practice of Fafa Food Share Company
    (A.A.U, 2008-07) Tadesse Elias; Laxmikantham P
    Budget , if used properly, can ass ist organizations in cluding the case company to support the pro fit maximization obj ective b y he lpin g m anagers deal with uncertaintie s. the budgeti ng proce ss may , however, work to th e firm 's di sa d vanta ge. if not properly hundled The paper is aimed at examining general and behavioral aspects of budgeting and budgetary control practi ce of FAFA food share company such as: for what time period the budgets are prepared ?, does the company make use of flexible budgetge and zero based budgeting ?, which process of budget setting is adopted ?, do budgetess participate in budget setting and budget discussion?, how often the budgetary procedures are reviewed and who is ta king care of it ?, how often performance reports are prepared and variances are analyzed? The study is based on both pnmary data , collected through• interview and detailed discussi on with co nc ern ed offic ials of the share company, and secondary data collected through review in g company do cuments (such as corporate reports, performance reports Copany plan, and others). non statisti cal data analys is known as content analysis is used to analyze data and draw conclusis. The results of the study reveal that the company has no well established standing budget committee, no budget manual. Bottom-up approach (a participative style) is used in • budget settin g and budgets are estimated using past year performance as a base (zero :- . besed budgeting is not used). Performances reports are prepared monthly. quarterly, and yearly with out detailed variances ( flexible budgets are not in corporated
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    Pediatric Resident Knowledge of Transfusion Medicine in Tikur Anbessa specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2024
    (Addis Ababa University, 2024-03) Tadesse Elias; Gidey Abdulkadir
    Background: One of the most often performed hospital treatments worldwide is blood transfusion.Approximately 5% of pediatricpatients require transfusions at least once while they are hospitalized.Clinician’s knowledge about blood products and their preparation, storage, demands, doses and administration, may have profound impact on patient care and transfusion outcomes. Despite thefrequent use of transfusion therapy in almost every medical field and potential risk, there is verylittle educational time in medical school and residency spent on transfusion medicine topics. Objective: - This study amid to assess Pediatric Resident Knowledge of Transfusion Medicinein Tikur Anbessa specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2024. Methods: Hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted among 107 conveniently selectedresidents at study Hospitals from 16/10/2015 -16/01/2016 E.C. Knowledge of residents were assessed by a structured questionnaire adapted from different literature. Then the data was analyzed using SPSS version 25 software package. Descriptive summary statistics, One-Way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to determine if there were any statistically significant differences between the mean scores for different subgroups and fisher exact test was computed, to check if there was statistically significant association between the knowledge level and explanatory variable. Statistical significance was considered at level of significance of 5% (pvalue <0.05). finally, the results were presented using text, table, and charts. Result: 107 pediatric residents in TASH participated in this study. Majority of the residents(80.4%) had good knowledge on diagnosing/treating acute hemolytic transfusion reactions. Theaverage score was 34.7% with no statistically significant difference in year of residency. Conclusion: this study examined, using a validated, pediatric-focused assessment tool,transfusion medicine knowledge in a large sample of pediatric residents of TASH. The results demonstrated that many pediatric residents do not have adequate transfusion medicine education and knowledge