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Understanding how infection prevention influences nurses' task sequencing using a mixed-methods, simulation-based approach

Human Factors in Healthcare, 2023
Objective: Better understand how and why nurses sequence their patient care tasks. Background: Workflow mitigation strategies, such as working clean to dirty, could help reduce cross-contamination.
Bradley W. Weaver, Joel M. Mumma, Sweta Parmar, Rebecca E. MacKay, Jill S. Morgan, Golpar Ghassemian, Paige R. Gannon, Lindsay Lee   +7 more
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Welfare on Dairy Cows in Different Housing Systems: Emphasis on Digestive Parasitological Infections. [PDF]

Vet Sci
The aim of this research was to assess welfare indicators in different dairy cow management systems, determine the prevalence of parasitic infections, and examine the impact of these infections on welfare indicators.
Paukovic D, Ilic T, Maletic M, Jovanovic NM, Nedic S, Mirilovic M, Nenadovic K.   +6 more
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Predicting Restroom Dirtiness Based on Water Droplet Volume Using the LightGBM Algorithm. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
This study examines restroom cleanliness in public facilities, department stores, supermarkets, and schools by using water droplet volumes around washbowls as an indicator of usage. Rising cleaning costs due to labour shortages necessitate more efficient
Kurose S, Moriwaki H, Matsunaga T, Lee SS.   +3 more
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Assessment of virtual reality as an anxiety and disgust provoking tool: The use of VR exposure in individuals with high contamination fear

Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberpspace, 2023
Preliminary studies have provided promising results on the feasibility of virtual reality (VR) interventions for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. The present study investigated whether VR scenarios that were developed for contamination concerns evoke ...
Mujgan Inozu, Ufuk Çelikcan, Ezgi Trak, Elif Üzümcü, Hüseyin Nergiz   +4 more
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Research Note: Welfare and stress responses of broiler chickens raised in conventional and animal welfare-certified broiler farms. [PDF]

Poult Sci
: The present study was conducted to assess the animal welfare status of broiler chickens raised in conventional and welfare-certified farms. One conventional farm (30,000 birds/house, 1,488 m2/house, 2 houses) and one animal welfare-certified farm (32 ...
Kwon BY, Lee HG, Jeon YS, Song JY, Kim SH, Kim DW, Kim CH, Lee KW.   +7 more
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Reducing Stocking Densities and Using Cooling Systems for More Adapted Pigs to High Temperatures When Reared in Intensive Conditions. [PDF]

Animals (Basel), 2023
This study is aimed at evaluating the effect of reducing stocking density and using cooling systems to mitigate the negative effects of high temperatures in growing pigs (females and castrated males) reared in intensive conditions (from 25 to 100 kg ...
Contreras-Jodar A, Escribano D, Cerón JJ, López-Arjona M, Aymerich P, Soldevila C, Fàbrega E, Dalmau A.   +7 more
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Associations between Animal Welfare Indicators and Animal-Related Factors of Slaughter Cattle in Austria

Animals, 2022
Three cattle welfare indicators (lameness, dirtiness, and abomasal disorders) were evaluated in 412 slaughter cattle in a cross-sectional study in Austria.
Johann Burgstaller, Thomas Wittek, Nadine Sudhaus-Jörn, Beate Conrady   +3 more
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Association between the perineal hygiene score at calving, puerperal uterine disorders, and reproductive efficiency in crossbreed dairy cows

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2023
Retained placenta, metritis, and clinical endometritis are prevalent diseases on dairy farms, leading to economic losses and reducing the longevity of dairy cows in dairy production systems, so it is important to investigate potential predisposing ...
Laryssa de Fátima Silva, Sara Adna de Oliveira, Giovanna Moraes, Natani Reis, Ricarda Santos   +4 more
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Developing a novel welfare assessment tool for loose-housed laying hens – the Aviary Transect method

Poultry Science, 2022
: This study compared welfare assessment results in aviary flocks using 3 approaches: 1) A novel Aviary Transect method, 2) AssureWel, and 3) the Norwegian farm advisors’ NorWel method. The Aviary Transect time requirement, interobserver reliability, and
Guro Vasdal, Joanna Marchewka, Ruth C. Newberry, Inma Estevez, Kathe Kittelsen   +4 more
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One-year monitoring SARS-CoV-2 RNA surface contamination in hospitals reveals no correlation with organic material and negative pressure as a limiting factor for contamination

Heliyon, 2023
Understanding transmission routes of SARS-CoV-2 is crucial to establish effective interventions in healthcare institutions. Although the role of surface contamination in SARS-CoV-2 transmission has been controversial, fomites have been proposed as a ...
Marianoel Pereira-Gómez, Rodrigo Arce, Diego Ferla, Diego Simón, Cecilia Salazar, Paula Perbolianachis, Alicia Costábile, Alvaro Fajardo, Fabián Aldunate, Nicolás Nin, Javier Hurtado, Gregorio Iraola, Pilar Moreno, Gonzalo Moratorio   +13 more
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