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Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene in low‐ and middle‐income settings: a retrospective analysis of data from 145 countries [PDF]

open access: yesTropical Medicine and International Health, 2014
objective To estimate the burden of diarrhoeal diseases from exposure to inadequate water, sanitation and hand hygiene in low- and middle-income settings and provide an overview of the impact on other diseases. methods For estimating the impact of water,
Katherine F Shields   +2 more
exaly   +6 more sources

Acknowledgment to the Reviewers of Hygiene in 2022

open access: yesHygiene, 2023
High-quality academic publishing is built on rigorous peer review [...]
Hygiene Editorial Office
doaj   +1 more source

Infection prevention requirements for the medical care of immunosuppressed patients: recommendations of the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO) at the Robert Koch Institute

open access: yesGMS Hygiene and Infection Control, 2022
In Germany, guidelines for hygiene in hospitals are given in form of recommendations by the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene und Infektionsprävention, “KRINKO”). The KRINKO and its voluntary work
Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO)
doaj   +1 more source

Policy Approaches Toward Combatting Venereal Diseases in the Soviet Occupation Zone in Germany (1945–1949), the German Democratic Republic (1949–1989), and the Polish People's Republic (1945–1989)

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine, 2021
The spread of venereal diseases after the Second World War constituted a grave public health danger in Europe. Especially in all four occupation zones in Germany and the Polish People's Republic high morbidity rates were observed.
Marcin Orzechowski   +3 more
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The anti-leprosy campaign in Colombia: the rhetoric of hygiene and science, 1920-1940 [PDF]

open access: yesHistória, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2003
Since the 1920s, the medical community realized that the strategy of leprosy control based on segregation and persecution of patients was inefficient and expensive.
Diana Obregón
doaj   +1 more source

Machine learning for filter pollution control [PDF]

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2020
Modern buildings usually have an air-tight envelope. Therefore mechanical ventilation is very often necessary. A crucial part of the system is the filter, which allows creating an atmosphere that is free of dust, aerosols, and pollen. As organic material
Krause Ralph   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Significance of salmonella in pork production chain [PDF]

open access: yesVeterinarski Glasnik, 2008
Animals, feed, meat and meat products are often transported across long distances, being an important part of international trade, which enables a dissemination of salmonella, including even of some resistant strains. Pigs are animals which are difficult
Karabasil Neđeljko   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Colleges of royal physicians and isolation hospitals to control public hygiene in Chile from 1879 to 1920

open access: yesMedwave, 2020
This article investigates the emergence of two institutions for the control of public hygiene in Chile between 1879 and 1920: colleges of royal physicians and isolation hospitals using the case of smallpox in La Araucanía, a region located in the South ...
Juan Mansilla Sepúlveda   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Establishing a Learning Model for Correct Hand Hygiene Technique in a NICU [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Medicine 11.15 (2022): 4276, 2023
The ability of healthcare workers to learn proper hand hygiene has been an understudied area of research. Generally, hand hygiene skills are regarded as a key contributor to reduce critical infections and healthcare-associated infections. In a clinical setup, at a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), the outcome of a multi-modal training initiative was
arxiv   +1 more source

Reducing hospital associated infection : a role for social marketing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Purpose: Although hand hygiene is seen as the most important method to prevent the transmission of hospital associated infection in the UK, hand hygiene compliance rates appear to remain poor.
Conway, A, Langley, S
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