Beyond good intentions: lessons on equipment donation from an African hospital. [PDF]
, 2008 OBJECTIVE: In 2000, a referral hospital in the Gambia accepted a donation of oxygen concentrators to help maintain oxygen supplies. The concentrators broke down and were put into storage.
Adegbola, Richard A +7 more
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Revista de Saúde Pública, 1977 É apresentada uma análise do equipamento hospitalar existente no Brasil, especificamente quanto à sua distribuição geográfica e às tendências de seu desenvolvimento no período compreendido entre 1962 e 1971.
Ernesto Lima Gonçalves
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Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México, 2022 Background: Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is Mexico’s second leading cause of neonatal mortality. The 75% reduction in mortality due to RDS has been attributed to the use of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP).
Lorenzo Osorno-Covarrubias +5 more
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Designed for Workarounds: A Qualitative Study of the Causes of Operational Failures in Hospitals [PDF]
, 2014 Frontline care providers in hospitals spend at least 10% of their time working around operational failures, which are situations where information, supplies, or equipment needed for patient care are insufficient. However, little is known about underlying
Heisler, W. Scott +2 more
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Care of patients with obesity in the Emergency Department: a joint position statement from the Brazilian Association of Emergency Medicine (ABRAMEDE) and the Brazilian Association for the Study of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome (ABESO) [PDF]
Archives of Endocrinology and MetabolismThis document presents a joint position statement from the Brazilian Association of Emergency Medicine (ABRAMEDE) and the Brazilian Association for the Study of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome (ABESO) regarding the management of patients with obesity in ...
Rafael Lima McGregor von Hellmann +7 more
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Approach to Assessing the Preparedness of Hospitals to Power Outages [PDF]
, 2017 Within the secondary impacts of electricity blackouts, it is necessary to pay attention to facilities providing medical care for the population, namely the hospitals.
Brehovská, Lenka +2 more
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Quality indicators for the processing of health products: A mixed-methods study [PDF]
Revista Latino-Americana de EnfermagemObjective: to analyze the use of quality assessment indicators and their implementation to improve quality in the processing of health products. Method: a mixed-methods study with a multiple case approach using Structure, Process and Results indicators
Daniela Pontes +5 more
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Interventions to Control Virus Transmission During an Outbreak of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Experience from Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995. [PDF]
, 1999 On 6 May 1995, the Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) coordinator in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), received a request for assistance for what was believed to be a concurrent outbreak of bacillary dysentery and viral hemorrhagic fever ...
Kerstiëns, B, Matthys, F
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BMC Health Services Research, 2022 Background Patient preference has preceded the use of health care services, and it has been affected by different hospital attributes. Meanwhile, the number of patients receiving vital health intervention is particularly low in Ethiopia.
Tigabu Addisu Lendado +5 more
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SG-APSIC1110: Project quality development of zero stock
Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023 Objectives: Many medical devices and equipment have been reserved in hospital wards and outpatient departments. Among these items, >80% are not often used but are being reserved for emergency situations.
Tussanee Nimnaparoj
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