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The impact of harm reduction interventions on injection‐related bacterial infections among people who inject drugs: A systematic review

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Injection‐related bacterial infections represent a major but under‐recognised health issue among people who inject drugs (PWID). Harm reduction interventions (HRIs) like needle and syringe programmes (NSP) and opioid agonist treatment (OAT) could mitigate their burden.
Anthony Cousien, Lobna Tijani, Nadia Hachicha, Manon Godart, Mathieu Castry, Karen Champenois, Perrine Roux, Sylvie Deuffic‐Burban   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changes in handwashing knowledge, attitudes, and practices among primary schoolchildren in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia during the COVID-19 pandemic

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted the critical importance of handwashing as a preventive measure against the spread of SARS- CoV-2.
Munguntuul Enkhbat, Ganchimeg Togoobaatar, Ganchimeg Togoobaatar, Oyunchimeg Erdenee, Katsumata Asako Takekuma   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hand hygiene compliance and accuracy in a university dental teaching hospital

Journal of International Medical Research, 2019
Objective This study aimed to evaluate compliance with guidelines on hand hygiene by examining five handwashing categories in postgraduate year (PGY) dentists at a university teaching hospital and to evaluate the accuracy rates of handwashing.
Hsin-Chung Cheng, Bou-Yue Peng, Meei-Liang Lin, Sam Li-Sheng Chen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emollient Formulations and Skin Barrier Practices in the Context of Eczema and Food Allergy Prevention

Allergy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The skin is far from a passive shield; it functions as a dynamic “living barrier” whose structural and immunological integrity is paramount in preventing atopic dermatitis (AD) and the subsequent progression of the atopic march toward food allergy (FA).
Klaudia Ryczaj, Donald Y. M. Leung, Carina Venter, Barbara Sozańska, Helen A. Brough   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring social norms related to handwashing: development and psychometric testing of measurement scales in a low-income urban setting in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives To design and test the psychometric properties of four context-specific norm-related scales around handwashing with soap after toilet use: (1) perceived handwashing descriptive norms (HWDN); (2) perceived handwashing injunctive norms (HWIN ...
Simon Cousens, Jim McCambridge, George Ploubidis, Patrick Nguipdop-Djomo, Maud Akissi Amon-Tanoh, Maria Knight Lapinski, Patrice Konan Blon, Hermann Aka Kouamé   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Intriguing History of Gloves and Their Application to Surgery

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
Gloves were first worn to protect against cold and injury. In surgery, their purpose now is to reduce surgical site infection and blood‐borne transmission of disease. Surprisingly, their adoption in surgery as a routine has been remarkably recent and had a bizarre origin.
Spencer W. Beasley
wiley   +1 more source

Compliance to handwashing during the early phase of COVID-19 epidemic in Uganda: A nationwide cross-sectional survey

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health, 2022
Introduction: Handwashing is a low-cost, high-impact strategy for limiting the transmission of COVID-19. We assessed the level of compliance to handwashing and associated factors, among Ugandan residents, in the first two months of the outbreak in Uganda,
Richard Migisha, Bob Omoda Amodan, Lilian Bulage, Elizabeth Katana, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Robert Colebunders, Alex Riolexus Ario, Rhoda Kitti Wanyenze   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Remote Essential Newborn Care Training Paired With In‐Person Quality Improvement on Optimizing Immediate and Resuscitative Care Practices

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim This study evaluated the effect of combining remote training (RT) with quality improvement (QI) processes on immediate and resuscitative care practices in a hospital in Nepal. Methods This prospective, before‐after‐design study included 5034 newborns, with 1836 newborns independently observed for immediate and resuscitation care practice ...
Ashish KC, Prajwal Paudel, Pratiksha Bhattarai, Omkar Basnet, Rejina Gurung, Lea Kreyenbaum, Honey Malla, Beena D. Kamath Rayne, Sara Berkelhamer   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Frontline Healthcare Professionals' Perceptions of the Duty to Care During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: A Multi‐Method Study in Mozambique

Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT COVID‐19 intensified ethical tensions between clinicians' duty to care and self‐protection amid PPE shortages. We explored frontline healthcare professionals' perspectives in Maputo, Mozambique. Semi‐structured interviews with healthcare professionals at four hospitals (April–June 2022) were recorded in Portuguese, transcribed, and ...
Ângela Alface, Graça Salomé, Khátia Munguambe, Troy D. Moon, Esperança Sevene, Elizabeth Heitman   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Handwashing Practices in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and Neonatal Nurseries in Patan Hospital

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2017
Background: Hand hygiene has been identified as the single most important factor in minimising hospital acquired infections. However, compliance of handwashing guidelines has remained low.
Suchita Joshi, Puja Amatya, Bibek Poudel, Saroj Adhikari Yadav   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source