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Hospital bed capacity across in Tunisia hospital during the first 4 waves of the COVID-19 pandemic: A descriptive analysis

Infectious Medicine, 2023
Background: In March 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 as a pandemic, and Tunisia implemented a containment and targeted screening strategy. The country's public health policy has since focused on managing hospital beds. Methods: The study analyzed the bed
Slimane BenMiled, Chiraz Borgi, Mohamed Hsairi, Naoufel Somrani, Amira Kebir   +4 more
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Microbial population of Staphyloccous aureus from inanimate surfaces in a general hospital environment in Rivers State, Nigeria

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2018
The isolation of Staphylococus aureus from inanimate objects in a General hospital in Rivers State was studied. Swabs were obtained from different sources comprising of; toilet seat, floor, switch, side rail bed, side rail chair, door handle, sink tap ...
O.E. Agbagwa, C.Q. Onyebule
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Pressure injury in Australian public hospitals: a cost-of-illness study [PDF]

, 2015
Objective: Pressure injuries (PI) are largely preventable and can be viewed as an adverse outcome of a healthcare admission, yet they affect millions of people and consume billions of dollars in healthcare spending.
Allman, Antonio, Asimus, Asimus, Banks, Bennett, Brem, Brito, Dealey, Franks, Gallagher, Gorecki, Graves, Graves, Graves, Graves, Gunningberg, Gunningberg, House, Jackson, Kottner, Legood, Lyder, McNair, Nelson, Padula, Pham, Prentice, Russo, Severens, Shahin, Shemilt, Vanderwee, Vanderwee, Vanderwee   +34 more
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Assessing equity in the distribution of hospital beds: evidence from northern Iran [PDF]

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 2019
Objective: To assess equity in the distribution of hospital beds in northern Iran. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we investigated the degree of equity by using 2016 census data from 16 cities in Guilan province. The hospital beds include burns, intensive care unit, coronary care unit and neonatal intensive care unit beds.
Javad Ebrahimzadeh, Zahra Merati, Mahsa Hedayati Zafarghandi, Ghasem Rajabi, Mohamad Ezati Asar, Zahra Sahranavard Veshareh, Sam Sotodeh Manesh, Mansoor Delpasand   +7 more
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Monitoring environmental cleanliness on two surgical wards [PDF]

, 2008
Ten hand-touch sites were screened weekly on two surgical wards over two consecutive six-month periods. The results were analysed using hygiene standards, which specify 1) an aerobic colony count (ACC) >2.5cfu/cm2, and 2) presence of coagulase-positive ...
Dancer, S.J., Robertson, C., White, L.F.
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Assessing Equality In Hospital Bed Distribution In North Sumatra Of June 2022

International Journal of Health and Pharmaceutical (IJHP), 2023
At the end of 2019, an outbreak of a respiratory infection occurred in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province, People's Republic of China. The disease was later named Coronavirus disease 19/COVID-19, becoming a global pandemic. The unpreparedness of the government and health facilities in dealing with the presence of this pandemic exposed problems in the ...
Karina Datitha Alodia Br Kaban, Chrismis Novalinda Ginting, Linda Chiuman   +2 more
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A decision support system for demand and capacity modelling of an accident and emergency department [PDF]

, 2019
© 2019 Operational Research Society.Accident and emergency (A&E) departments in England have been struggling against severe capacity constraints. In addition, A&E demands have been increasing year on year. In this study, our aim was to develop a decision
Demir, Eren, Ordu, Muhammed, Tofallis, Christopher   +2 more
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Phase-Type Survival Trees to Model a Delayed Discharge and Its Effect in a Stroke Care Unit

Algorithms, 2022
The problem of hospital patients’ delayed discharge or ‘bed blocking’ has long been a challenge for healthcare managers and policymakers. It negatively affects the hospital performance metrics and has other severe consequences for the healthcare system ...
Lalit Garg, Sally McClean, Brian Meenan, Maria Barton, Ken Fullerton, Sandra C. Buttigieg, Alexander Micallef   +6 more
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Distribution of hospital beds across Saudi Arabia from 2015 to 2019: a cross-sectional study

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2022
Background: Adequate access to health care systems is considered a basic human right. Therefore, it is important that health care services be delivered to those who need them most in the most efficient manner possible. Aims: We evaluated the distribution of hospital beds across Saudi Arabia from 2015 to 2019 to assess inequalities in hospital resource ...
Taghreed, Hawsawi, Noura, Abouammoh
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Regional responsibility and coordination of appropriate inpatient care capacities for patients with COVID-19 - the German DISPENSE model.

PLoS ONE, 2022
As of late 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge to health care systems worldwide. Rapidly rising local COVID-19 incidence rates, result in demand for high hospital and intensive care bed capacities on short notice.
Benedict J Lünsmann, Katja Polotzek, Christian Kleber, Richard Gebler, Veronika Bierbaum, Felix Walther, Fabian Baum, Kathleen Juncken, Christoph Forkert, Toni Lange, Hanns-Christoph Held, Andreas Mogwitz, Robin R Weidemann, Martin Sedlmayr, Nicole Lakowa, Sebastian N Stehr, Michael Albrecht, Jens Karschau, Jochen Schmitt   +18 more
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