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Hair tourniquet syndrome leading to nipple autoamputation in an adult female: a case report
Frontiers in SurgeryThis is a unique case of hair thread tourniquet syndrome (HTTS) affecting the nipple of an adult female, leading to spontaneous autoamputation, a phenomenon rarely documented in the literature for this anatomical site.
Alaa A. Alshurafa +3 more
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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2021 Introduction: During the second wave of the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic, Malaysia reported several COVID-19 clusters related to healthcare workers. Thus, addressing and understanding the risk of exposure in healthcare workers is important
Nor Azila Muhammad Azami +18 more
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Difficulties facing healthcare workers in the era of AIDS treatment in Lesotho
SAHARA-J, 2016 Sub-Saharan Africa is most affected by the AIDS pandemic and Lesotho is no exception. In many countries, healthcare workers are at the forefront of the fight against AIDS.
Masebeo Veronica Koto, Pranitha Maharaj
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Annals of General Psychiatry, 2009 Background Because of their peculiar sociocultural background, healthcare workers in sub-Saharan African subcultures may have various conceptions on different aspects of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), such as etiology, treatment and issues of prognosis.
Okonkwo Kevin O +6 more
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LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND COMPLIANCE WITH PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT USE IN HEALTHCARE WORKERS
Jurnal Berkala Epidemiologi, 2022 Background: The effort to control and prevent COVID-19 in health facilities is to optimize the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) according to guidelines set by the government.
Reza Fajrinmuha +3 more
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Varicella vaccination for healthcare workers [PDF]
BMJ, 2005 Is beneficial to patients and staff I n December 2003, the Oka vaccine to prevent chickenpox (varicella) was licensed in the United Kingdom for use in susceptible healthcare workers.1 One year later a survey of consultant virologists, who are members of the Clinical Virology Network and who between them provide virology services for 38 trusts located
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Violence Against Healthcare Workers
Patient Safety, 2019 While working in healthcare has always carried an inherent amount of danger, I can tell you with certainty that the last time I was a staff nurse (in the spirit of transparency—it’s been a while) I never once feared going to work.
Regina Hoffman
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Anti–SARS-CoV Immunoglobulin G in Healthcare Workers, Guangzhou, China
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 To determine the prevalence of inapparent infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) among healthcare workers, we performed a serosurvey to test for immunoglobulin (Ig) G antibodies to the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) among 1,147 healthcare ...
Wei-Qing Chen +19 more
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Cardiac misconceptions in healthcare workers
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 2011 Cardiac misconceptions are common and may have a detrimental effect on patients. Such misconceptions may be introduced or reinforced by vague and inconsistent advice from healthcare staff and can adversely affect health outcomes.To assess whether level of cardiac misconceptions significantly differs between groups of healthcare staff based on ...
Angus, Neil +7 more
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Healthcare workers are at a significantly higher risk of exposure to infectious agents. Standard and transmission-based precautions are employed to protect healthcare workers during patient contact.
Erukunuakpor, Kimberly
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