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The impact of a night confinement policy on patients in a high secure inpatient mental health service. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Purpose – From 2012, all high-secure forensic mental health services in England began operating a policy of confining patients to their locked bedrooms overnight to increase service efficiency and reduce costs.
Chu, Simon   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Association of a Multimodal Perioperative Care Program With Postoperative Complications in Elderly Patients Undergoing Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Implementation of a multimodal perioperative care program and reduction of postoperative complications. ABSTRACT Purpose This retrospective study aimed to assess the clinical effectiveness of a multimodal perioperative care program in reducing postoperative complications in elderly patients undergoing gastrectomy for gastric cancer.
Keiichi Fujiya   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital health literacy, behavior and knowledge of adolescents for hand hygiene during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
Objective: to investigate factors associated with digital health literacy, hand hygiene knowledge and behavior among Brazilian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: cross-sectional study with 473 adolescents aged 15 to 19.
Rafaela Aparecida Prata   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use of Interdisciplinary Education to Foster Familiarization among Health Professionals [PDF]

open access: yes, 1986
This paper describes a pilot interdisciplinary experience between the dental hygiene and medical technology programs at Marquette University. It was designed, in part, to familiarize dental hygiene students with the medical technology profession ...
Laatsch-Lybeck, Linda Jean   +2 more
core   +1 more source

A Review on Recent Trends of Bioinspired Soft Robotics: Actuators, Control Methods, Materials Selection, Sensors, Challenges, and Future Prospects

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
This article reviews the current state of bioinspired soft robotics. The article discusses soft actuators, soft sensors, materials selection, and control methods used in bioinspired soft robotics. It also highlights the challenges and future prospects of this field.
Abhirup Sarker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene In Health Care Facilities: Status in Low- and Middle-income Countries and Way Forward [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This report presents, for the first time, a global assessment of the extent to which health care facilities provide essential water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services. Drawing on data from 54 low- and middle-income countries, this report finds that

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Smart Denture with Embedded Thin‐Film Temperature Sensors Patterned by Femtosecond Laser Pulse for Elderly Healthcare

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
We demonstrate the direct‐laser patterning of a gold thin film on polymethyl methacrylate to fabricate a temperature sensor for dentures. The temperature sensor‐embedded smart dentures are evaluated in an oral environment, enabling in‐situ monitoring for elderly healthcare.
Han Ku Nam   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving Hand hygiene Compliance at Selected Health Facilities in Uganda Using the WHO Multimodal Strategy

open access: yesAntimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Background: Uganda has a high prevalence of healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) with 28% often linked to inadequate hand hygiene practices among health workers.
Shillah Nakato, Martin Esagala
doaj   +1 more source

Reliability of the telephone-administered International Physical Activity Questionnaire in an Italian pilot sample

open access: yesEpidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health, 2013
Background: the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) is an instrument for crossnational monitoring of physical activity and inactivity. The aim of the study was the reliability evaluation of the Italian telephone-administered IPAQ version
Alice Mannocci   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

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