Achieving consensus on the curriculum system for central sterile supply department nurses: a modified Delphi study [PDF]
BackgroundEnhancing the core competencies of Central Sterile Supply Department (CSSD) nurses is of paramount importance, as these professionals serve as the frontline defense against healthcare-associated infections.
Jiawei Liu +7 more
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INTRODUCTION: Every year millions of dollars are expended to equip and maintain the hospital sterilization centers in the world. Respiratory therapy materials are essential to life support, and have a major impact on clinical complications.
Cássio Stipanich +4 more
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Enhancing sterilization supply management: a pre-post study on the impact of an integrated information system in a multi-campus hospital setting [PDF]
Background The coexistence of a “multi-campus” model and outsourced services presents complex operational challenges. Traditional fragmented information systems for sterilization supply suffer from data silos, fragmented traceability chains, and low ...
Gen Li +8 more
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Interdisciplinary collaboration in the treatment of alcohol use disorders in a general hospital department: a mixed-method study [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Interdisciplinary collaborations (i.e., where various disciplines work coordinated and interdependently toward shared goals) are stated to yield higher team effectiveness than multidisciplinary approaches (i.e., where various disciplines work
Brenda A. P. Kaijen +13 more
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Major Limb Amputations: A Tertiary Hospital Experience in Northwestern Tanzania. [PDF]
Major limb amputation is reported to be a major but preventable public health problem that is associated with profound economic, social and psychological effects on the patient and family especially in developing countries where the prosthetic services ...
Mbelenge, Nkinda +20 more
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The safe insertion of peripheral intravenous catheters : a mixed methods descriptive study of the availability of the equipment needed [PDF]
Background: Intravenous cannulation is undertaken in a high proportion of hospitalised patients. Much international attention has been given to the use of care bundles to reduce the incidence of infection in these patients.
Alison Holmes +23 more
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Out-of-pocket expenditures for primary health care in Tajikistan : a time-trend analysis [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Aligned with the international call for universal coverage of affordable and quality health care, the government of Tajikistan is undertaking reforms of its health system aiming amongst others at reducing the out-of-pocket expenditures (OPE ...
Gulyamova, Z. M. +7 more
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BackgroundAlthough automated flexible endoscope reprocessors (AER) have been widely used for reprocessing flexible nasopharyngoscopes (FNPs), the disinfection efficacy remains influenced by multiple factors.
Puyue Zhang +6 more
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Avoidable hospitalizations in Switzerland: a small area analysis on regional variation, density of physicians, hospital supply and rurality. [PDF]
BACKGROUND Avoidable hospitalizations (AH) are hospital admissions for diseases and conditions that could have been prevented by appropriate ambulatory care.
Djalali, Sima +10 more
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ESTRESSE OCUPACIONAL DA ENFERMEIRA DE CENTRO DE MATERIAL
Este estudo tem por objetivos caracterizar a enfermeira que atua na Unidade de Centro de Material, verificar quais as atividades que desenvolvem e consideram geradoras de desgaste emocional significativo e propor medidas para a minimização das fontes de ...
Arlete Silva +1 more
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