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Evaluating hand hygiene compliance: a digital-based approach for assessing healthcare worker practices in the teaching hospitals in Malaysia [PDF]

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Background Hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers (HCWs) remains a critical challenge in infection prevention. Traditional audit methods have limitations, including observation bias and Hawthorne effect.
Min Yi Lau, Unaizah Hanum Obaidellah, Sasheela Ponnampalavanar, Tengku Zetty Maztura Tengku Jamaluddin, Nur Alwani Suhaimi, Chun Wie Chong, Cindy Shuan Ju Teh   +6 more
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Response of L V Prasad Eye Institute to COVID-19 outbreak in India: experience at its tertiary eye care centre and adoption to its Eye Health Pyramid [PDF]

International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021
AIM: To summarize the experience of response to COVID-19 outbreak at a tertiary eye care institute and its network of health facilities in India.
Rohit C Khanna, Prashant Garg, Pravin K Vaddavalli, Merle Fernandes, Suryasnata Rath, Sameera Nayak, Raja Narayanan, Rajeev Reddy Pappuru, Swathi Kaliki, Anthony Vipin Das, Savitri Sharma, Subhadra Jalali   +11 more
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Socioeconomic position and eye health outcomes: identifying inequality in rapid population-based surveys

BMJ Open, 2023
Objective Monitoring health outcomes disaggregated by socioeconomic position (SEP) is crucial to ensure no one is left behind in efforts to achieve universal health coverage. In eye health planning, rapid population surveys are most commonly implemented;
Islay Mactaggart, Andrew Bastawrous, Matthew J Burton, Jacqueline Ramke, Min J Kim, Ian McCormick, Modou Jobe, Luke Allen, Omar Badjie, Abba Hydara, Segun I Olaniyan, Nyakassi M B Sanyang, Gibril Jarju, Modou Njai, Alhagie Sankareh   +14 more
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So let me find my way, whatever it will cost me, rather than leaving myself in darkness: experiences of glaucoma in Nigeria [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2016
Background: Blindness from glaucoma is associated with socio-economic deprivation, presumed to reflect poor access to care and poor adherence to treatment.
Fatima Kyari, Clare I. Chandler, Martha Martin, Clare E. Gilbert   +3 more
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Factors influencing the decision-making of carers of children with bilateral cataract in Nepal

BMJ Open Ophthalmology, 2020
Objectives Two hundred thousand children worldwide are blind from cataract. Late presentation for surgery resulting in poor visual outcomes is a problem globally.
Catey Bunce, Allen Foster, Clare Gilbert, Suzannah J Bell, Tirtha Singh, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Cova Bascaran   +6 more
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Evaluating the hypertension care cascade in middle-aged and older adults in The Gambia: findings from a nationwide surveyResearch in context

EClinicalMedicine, 2023
Summary: Background: Hypertension is a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa with poor treatment coverage and high case-fatality rates. This requires assessment of healthcare performance to identify areas where intervention is most needed ...
Modou Jobe, Islay Mactaggart, Abba Hydara, Min J. Kim, Suzannah Bell, Omar Badjie, Mustapha Bittaye, Pablo Perel, Andrew M. Prentice, Matthew J. Burton   +9 more
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Personal hygiene risk factors for contact lens-related microbial keratitis

BMJ Open Ophthalmology, 2020
Objective Microbial keratitis is a sight-threatening complication of contact lens wear, which affects thousands of patients and causes a significant burden on healthcare services.
Anna Stellwagen, Cheryl MacGregor, Roger Kung, Aristides Konstantopoulos, Parwez Hossain   +4 more
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Performance and resource requirements of in-person versus voice call versus automated telephone-based socioeconomic data collection modalities for community-based health programmes: a systematic review protocol

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction Gathering data on socioeconomic status (SES) is a prerequisite for any health programme that aims to assess and improve the equitable distribution of its outcomes.
Min Kim, David Blane, David Macleod, Andrew Bastawrous, Matthew J Burton, Jacqueline Ramke, Stephen Gichuhi, Iris Gordon, Ana Patricia Marques, Shona Mackinnon, Luke Nelson Allen, Alice Mwangi, Nigel Bolster   +12 more
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Diagnostic test accuracy of diabetic retinopathy screening by physician graders using a hand-held non-mydriatic retinal camera at a tertiary level medical clinic

BMC Ophthalmology, 2019
Background The evidence on diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) of diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening utilising photographic studies by non-ophthalmologist personnel in low and middle-income country (LMIC) settings is scarce.
Mapa Mudiyanselage Prabhath Nishantha Piyasena, Jennifer L. Y. Yip, David MacLeod, Min Kim, Venkata S. Murthy Gudlavalleti   +4 more
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Occupational radiation dose to the lens of the eye of medical staff who assist in diagnostic CT scans

Heliyon, 2021
Purpose: We investigated occupational dose to the lens of the eye for CT-assisting personnel for diagnostic purposes using a radio-photoluminescent glass dosimeter (RPLD) and evaluate compliance with the new equivalent dose limit for the lens of the eye (
Keisuke Nagamoto, Takashi Moritake, Koichi Nakagami, Koichi Morota, Satoru Matsuzaki, Shun-ichi Nihei, Masayuki Kamochi, Naoki Kunugita   +7 more
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