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Behavioral interventions related to plastic waste management in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review using the behavior change wheel and the theoretical domains framework. [PDF]

open access: yesEnviron Res Lett
Raheel H   +12 more
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Infection control in burn patients

Burns, 2004
Infection in the burn patient is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality and remains one of the most challenging concerns for the burn team. The importance of preventing infection has been recognized in organized burn care since it’s inception and has followed recurring themes through the years.
Joan, Weber, Albert, McManus
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Infection Control in Burn Patients

Clinics in Plastic Surgery, 1986
The article primarily deals with infection control practices relating to the burn patient. Burn infections have an endogenous origin rather than an exogenous one. Infection control practices are similar to routine infection surveillance but are also distinctly different.
J P, Heggers, M C, Robson
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???Burn Repeaters??? and Injury Control

Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation, 1992
The purposes of this study were (1) to identify the percentage of patients with burns or intergenerational family members who have had previous burn injuries that required hospitalization and (2) to assess the need for an inpatient burn prevention program for patients and families. This study revealed an increase from 8% to 19% "burn repeaters," with a
N, Cobb, G, Maxwell, P, Silverstein
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Controlled Burn

Feminist Criminology, 2008
Despite the interest in the interplay between subcultural attitudes, organizational structure, and high stress events, most research on police stress fails to address a fundamental concern—that of gender. In fact, the majority of research addressing officer stress fails to mention gender or concentrates on gender as a simple control variable.
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Improving Survival: Infection Control and Burns

AACN Clinical Issues: Advanced Practice in Acute and Critical Care, 1993
In the past, survival of the thermally injured patient was greatly hindered by invasive infection that originated in the burn wound. Current treatment modalities, including early excision of the burn wound and prompt wound closure, administration of systemic antibiotics and topical antimicrobial agents, and mechanical isolation, have improved survival.
J M, Weber, D M, Tompkins
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Infection Control in a Burn Center

Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation, 1990
No consensus has been reached on the ideal isolation technique to prevent hospital-acquired infection in the patient with burns. This study reports four 2-month consecutive periods of microbial surveillance in a burn center intensive care unit. Phase I, the first period of surveillance, demonstrated a unit-acquired colonization rate of 63%, with the ...
J J, Lee   +4 more
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Infection control in the burn unit

Burns, 2011
The survival rates for burn patients have improved substantially in the past few decades due to advances in modern medical care in specialized burn centers. Burn wound infections are one of the most important and potentially serious complications that occur in the acute period following injury. In addition to the nature and extent of the thermal injury
Karim, Rafla, Edward E, Tredget
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