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Evidence based hand hygiene. Liquid or gel handrub, does it matter [PDF]
, 2023 Recent studies put under scrutiny the prevailing hand hygiene guidelines, which incorporate quantitative parameters regarding handrub volume and hand size. Understanding the criticality of complete (i.e., efficient) hand hygiene in healthcare, objectivization of hand hygiene related parameters are paramount, including the formulation of the ABHR ...
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Safe recovery after cesarean in rural Africa: Technical consensus guidelines for post‐discharge care
International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 160, Issue 1, Page 12-21, January 2023., 2023 Abstract Despite increasing cesarean rates in Africa, there remain extensive gaps in the standard provision of care after cesarean birth. We present recommendations for discharge instructions to be provided to women following cesarean delivery in Rwanda, particularly rural Rwanda, and with consideration of adaptable guidelines for sub‐Saharan Africa ...
Fredrick Kateera +13 more
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WHO-Hand Hygiene Gesture Classification System [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 The recent ongoing coronavirus pandemic highlights the importance of hand hygiene practices in our daily lives, with governments and worldwide health authorities promoting good hand hygiene practices. More than one million cases of hospital-acquired infections occur in Europe annually.
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The impact of a night confinement policy on patients in a high secure inpatient mental health service. [PDF]
, 2015 Purpose – From 2012, all high-secure forensic mental health services in England began operating a policy of confining patients to their locked bedrooms overnight to increase service efficiency and reduce costs.
Chu, Simon +4 more
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BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2017 Background Achieving adequate response rates is an ongoing challenge for longitudinal studies. The World Trade Center Health Registry is a longitudinal health study that periodically surveys a cohort of ~71,000 people exposed to the 9/11 terrorist ...
Shengchao Yu +7 more
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Internet of Everything enabled solution for COVID-19, its new variants and future pandemics: Framework, Challenges, and Research Directions [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 After affecting the world in unexpected ways, COVID-19 has started mutating which is evident with the insurgence of its new variants. The governments, hospitals, schools, industries, and humans, in general, are looking for a potential solution in the vaccine which will eventually be available but its timeline for eradicating the virus is yet unknown ...
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Environmental Health, 2019 Background Asthma, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression have each been linked to exposure to the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks (9/11).
Hannah T. Jordan +9 more
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Continuity of Early Intervention Services in New York City During the COVID-19 Pandemic
International Journal of Telerehabilitation, 2023 In response to COVID-19, the New York City Early Intervention (EI) Program rapidly transitioned from in-person to teletherapy services. We describe the timing of service resumption among children who received EI services between March 1 and March 17 ...
Stella Kasamba +5 more
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A Novel IoT-based Framework for Non-Invasive Human Hygiene Monitoring using Machine Learning Techniques [PDF]
ICHI 2022 : 10th IEEE International Conference on Healthcare
Informatics, 2022 People's personal hygiene habits speak volumes about the condition of taking care of their bodies and health in daily lifestyle. Maintaining good hygiene practices not only reduces the chances of contracting a disease but could also reduce the risk of spreading illness within the community. Given the current pandemic, daily habits such as washing hands
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