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Healthcare Worker Seroconversion in SARS Outbreak

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
Serum samples were obtained from healthcare workers 5 weeks after exposure to an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). A sensitive dot blot enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, complemented by a specific neutralization test, shows that only
Pierce K. H. Chow, Eng-Eong Ooi, Hiang-Khoon Tan, Kong-Wee Ong, Bijon Kumar Sil, Melissa Teo, Timothy Ng, Khee-Chee Soo   +7 more
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health and well-being of UK healthcare workers

BJPsych Open, 2021
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant psychological impact on healthcare workers (HCWs). Aims There is an urgent need to understand the risk and protective factors associated with poor mental well-being of UK ...
James Gilleen, Aida Santaolalla, Lorena Valdearenas, Clara Salice, Montserrat Fusté   +4 more
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Gender and intention to leave healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic among U.S. healthcare workers: A cross sectional analysis of the HERO registry.

PLoS ONE, 2023
ImportanceThe COVID-19 pandemic stressed the healthcare field, resulting in a worker exodus at the onset and throughout the pandemic and straining healthcare systems.
Rachel Apple, Emily C O'Brien, Nancy M Daraiseh, Haolin Xu, Russell L Rothman, Mark Linzer, Laine Thomas, Christianne Roumie   +7 more
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How effective are social norms interventions in changing the clinical behaviours of healthcare workers? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Implementation Science, 2021
Background Healthcare workers perform clinical behaviours which impact on patient diagnoses, care, treatment and recovery. Some methods of supporting healthcare workers in changing their behaviour make use of social norms by exposing healthcare workers ...
Mei Yee Tang, Sarah Rhodes, Rachael Powell, Laura McGowan, Elizabeth Howarth, Benjamin Brown, Sarah Cotterill   +6 more
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A spatiotemporal simulation study on the transmission of harmful microorganisms through connected healthcare workers in a hospital ward setting

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Hand transmission of harmful microorganisms may lead to infections and poses a major threat to patients and healthcare workers in healthcare settings.
J. M. van Niekerk, A. Stein, M. H. E. Doting, M. Lokate, L. M. A. Braakman-Jansen, J. E. W. C. van Gemert-Pijnen   +5 more
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Healthcare worker access to molnupiravir: A case series.

PLoS ONE, 2023
Molnupiravir, an oral antiviral shown to reduce COVID-19 severity, is available in Australia via the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for treatment of mild-moderate COVID-19. For people less than 70 years of age it is only available with risk factors
Jessica C O'Keeffe, Meg Constable, Janice Chiang, Margaret Somerville, Arvind Yerramilli, Ross Nolan, Greg Weeks, Daniel P O'Brien   +7 more
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Lack of Secondary Transmission of Ebola Virus from Healthcare Worker to 238 Contacts, United Kingdom, December 2014

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
In December 2014, Ebola virus disease (EVD) was diagnosed in a healthcare worker in the United Kingdom after the worker returned from an Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone. The worker flew on 2 flights during the early stages of disease. Follow-up of
Paul Crook, Alison Smith-Palmer, Helen Maguire, Noel McCarthy, Hilary Kirkbride, Bruce Court, Sanch Kanagarajah, Deborah Turbitt, Syed Ahmed, Paul Cosford, Isabel Oliver   +10 more
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Measles immunisation status of healthcare workers in smaller Victorian hospitals: can we do better?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2020
Objective: To determine the proportion of healthcare workers (HCWs) in smaller Victorian public healthcare facilities with documented evidence of measles immunity.
Noleen Bennett, Brett Sutton, Janet Strachan, Alex Hoskins, Michael J. Malloy, Leon J. Worth   +5 more
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The Affordable Care Act raises the stakes on worker classification; what does this mean for the Voluntary Classification Settlement Program [PDF]

, 2014
This research considers worker classification and the many implications an employer must consider when classifying a worker as employee or independent contractor. One implication relates to healthcare benefits and healthcare taxes. As such, this research
Parmar, Sagar
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Pancreas, Muscle, and Subcutaneous Fat Atrophy in Patients Undergoing Radiation for Neuroblastoma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Radiation therapy (RT) is part of standard‐of‐care therapy in high‐risk neuroblastoma (HR‐NBL) but can significantly affect nearby tissue. The objectives of this study were (1) to characterize changes in pancreas volume after RT and (2) to characterize changes in body composition, including body weight percentile ...
Pradipta Debnath, Marissa Ray, Luke Pater, Alexandra O. Glenn, Stephen Hartman, Elanchezhian Somasundaram, Todd Jenkins, Juan P. Gurria, Katherine Somers, Andrew T. Trout, Meera Kotagal   +10 more
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