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Assessment of Microbial Quality and Antibacterial Activity of Commonly used Hand Washes [PDF]

, 2013
Hands are the highways to the transmission and spread of pathogens that causes diseases, food borne illnesses and nosocomial infections. Hand washing is the act of cleansing the hands with water or another liquid, with or without the use of soap or ...
Akande, V.A., Dahunsi, S.O., Oranusi, S. U.   +2 more
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Lens on eye care in intensive care units: deficiencies, training, and improvement recommendations – a descriptive observational study

BMC Nursing
Background Eye care in intensive care unit is often neglected in environments where attention is primarily directed toward life-threatening conditions.
Ayşegül Tuğba Yıldız, Özlem Ceyhan
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Spirit, mind and body: the archaeology of monastic healing [PDF]

, 2019
Archaeology and material culture are used in this chapter to consider how monastic experience responded to illness, ageing and disability. The approach taken is influenced by the material study of religion, which interrogates how bodies and things engage
Gilchrist, Roberta
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Improving Patient Experience by Teaching Empathic Touch and Eye Gaze: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Medical Students

Journal of Patient Experience, 2020
Background: Empathy is critical for optimal patient experience with health-care providers. Verbal empathy is routinely taught to medical students, but nonverbal empathy, including touch, less so.
Paul Lecat MD, Naveen Dhawan MBA, Paul J Hartung PhD, Holly Gerzina PhD, Robert Larson MA, Cassandra Konen-Butler MA   +5 more
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Author Correction: Cross-ancestry genome-wide association analysis of corneal thickness strengthens link between complex and Mendelian eye diseases. [PDF]

, 2019
Emmanuelle Souzeau, who contributed to analysis of data, was inadvertently omitted from the author list in the originally published version of this Article.
Aung, Tin, Bailey, Jessica N Cooke, Beutel, Manfred E, Blue Mountains Eye Study - GWAS group, Bonnemaijer, Pieter, Boutin, Thibaud, Burdon, Kathryn P, Bykhovskaya, Yelena, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Craig, Jamie E, Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Foster, Paul J, Gharahkhani, Puya, Haines, Jonathan L, Hammond, Christopher J, Hayward, Caroline, Hewitt, Alex W, Hysi, Pirro G, Höhn, René, Iglesias, Adriana I, Jonas, Jost B, Kang, Jae H, Kearns, Lisa S, Khawaja, Anthony P, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Klaver, Caroline CW, Li, Xiaohui, Lucas, Sionne EM, MacGregor, Stuart, Mackey, David A, Martin, Nicholas G, Mills, Richard A, Mishra, Aniket, Mitchell, Paul, Montgomery, Grant W, Nag, Abhishek, NEIGHBORHOOD consortium, Pasquale, Louis R, Pfeiffer, Norbert, Polašek, Ozren, Rabinowitz, Yaron S, Rotter, Jerome I, Schmidtmann, Irene, Shi, Yuan, Siscovick, David, Souzeau, Emmanuelle, Springelkamp, Henriët, Staffieri, Sandra E, Taylor, Kent D, Tham, Yih Chung, Uitterlinden, André G, van Duijn, Cornelia M, van Leeuwen, Elisabeth M, Vitart, Veronique, Vithana, Eranga N, Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 2 (WTCCC2), Wiggs, Janey L, Willoughby, Colin E, Wilson, James F, Wong, Tien Yin, Yazar, Seyhan, Zeller, Tanja   +61 more
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A cross-sectional survey on hand hygiene among nursing students working in an eastern Indian hospital.

International Journal of Endorsing Health Science Research, 2023
Background: Proper hand hygiene practices by healthcare providers are critical to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs). This study aimed to assess the hand hygiene knowledge and practices of nursing students in various departments and ...
Saswati Chattopadhyay, Tanusri Biswas, Paramita Das, Nabamita Chaudhury, Arindam Dasgupta, Arghya Nath, Soumi Nag   +6 more
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Age, period and cohort effects and the predictors of physical activity and sedentary behaviour among Chinese children, from 2004 to 2011

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Very few studies have explored the effects of age, time period, and cohort in association with biological, behavioral, economic, and environmental factors predictors on physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) among Chinese children.
Xinping Wei, Yu Zang, Xiaodong Jia, Xiangui He, Shurong Zou, Hui Wang, Meihua Shen, Jiajie Zang   +7 more
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Why do people not attend for treatment for trachomatous trichiasis in Ethiopia? A study of barriers to surgery. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Trachomatous trichiasis (TT) surgery is provided free or subsidised in most trachoma endemic settings. However, only 18-66% of TT patients attend for surgery.
Bedri, Amir, Burton, Matthew J, Emerson, Paul M, Gebre, Teshome, Gilbert, Clare E, Habtamu, Esmael, Rajak, Saul N, Weiss, Helen A, Zerihun, Mulat   +8 more
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Identifying barriers and potential solutions to improve equitable access to community eye services: an exploratory sequential mixed methods study protocol

BMJ Open
Introduction Access to care varies by sociodemographic group, with some groups facing higher barriers to care than others. This study will use novel methods to explore barriers and potential solutions as perceived by members of the population groups who ...
Min Kim, David Macleod, Michael Gichangi, Andrew Bastawrous, Matthew J Burton, Jacqueline Ramke, Oathokwa Nkomazana, Sailesh Mishra, Shalinder Sabherwal, Luke Nelson Allen, Abhishek Roshan, Sarah Karanja, Ari Ho-Foster, Keneilwe Motlhatlhedi, Nigel Bolster, Mohd Javed, Malebogo Tlhajoane, Bakgaki Ratshaa, John Tlhakanelo   +18 more
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Paula Meehan’s Cell: The Imprisoned Dialogue of Female Discourses [PDF]

, 2014
The paper discusses Paula Mehan’s play Cell with focus on the female discourses present in the context of this literary work and the multifold metaphorisation that both the title of the work and the contents invite.
August, August, Aylward, Aylward, Batt, Batt, Council, Council, Council, Council, Iwona Witczak, Iwona Witczak, Jean, Jean, Katarzyna Poloczek, Kirkpatrick, Kirkpatrick, Meehan, Meehan, Michel, Michel, Michel, Michel, Michel, Michel, Michel, Michel, Poloczek, Poloczek, Quinlan, Quinlan, Sullivan, Sullivan, Witczak, Witczak, Witczak, Witczak   +36 more
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