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At‐Home Early Diagnosis of Mastitis: Calibration‐Free Analysis of Sodium to Potassium Ratio in Breast Milk

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
MAMAWEL is introduced as the first calibration‐free potentiometric sensor for at‐home mastitis diagnosis. By measuring the sodium‐to‐potassium ratio in breast milk, the device reliably differentiates between healthy and mastitis‐affected samples with less than 10% error.
Ali Soleimani, Farbod Amirghasemi, Melissa Banks, Abdulrahman Al‐Shami, Sina Khazaee Nejad, Abdalrhman Sheer, Clare Dominique Sanchez, Haozheng Ma, Daniel Vargas Ramos, Maral P.S. Mousavi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A structured training program for health workers in intravenous treatment with fluids and antibiotics in nursing homes: A modified stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial to reduce hospital admissions.

PLoS ONE, 2017
ObjectivesHospitalization is potentially detrimental to nursing home patients and resource demanding for the specialist health care. This study assessed if a brief training program in administrating intravenous fluids and antibiotics in nursing homes ...
Maria Romøren, Svein Gjelstad, Morten Lindbæk   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

COVID-19 in long-term care facilities in Frankfurt am Main, Germany: incidence, case reports, and lessons learned

GMS Hygiene and Infection Control, 2020
: As of August 30, 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported 24,822,800 COVID-19 infections world wide. Severe disease and deaths occur especially in older people with chronic illnesses.
Heudorf, Ursel, Müller, Maria, Schmehl, Cleo, Gasteyer, Stephanie, Steul, Katrin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Expanded role of nurses in Swiss nursing homes and their engagement in quality improvement: A cross‐sectional study

Nursing Open, 2023
Aims To report on the engagement of Swiss nursing homes and of nurses in expanded roles in quality improvement. Design A cross‐sectional study (2018–2019).
Lauriane Favez, Michael Simon, Christine Serdaly, Franziska Zúñiga   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nurses’ perceptions of the potential evolution of their role in antibiotic stewardship in nursing homes: a French qualitative study [PDF]

, 2022
Céline Bridey, Gaëlle Le Dref, Aurélie Bocquier, Stéphanie Bonnay, C. Pulcini, Nathalie Thilly   +5 more
openalex   +1 more source

Real‐Time 3D Ultrasound Imaging with an Ultra‐Sparse, Low Power Architecture

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This article presents a novel, ultra‐sparse ultrasound architecture that paves the way for wearable real‐time 3D imaging. By integrating a unique convolutional array with chirped data acquisition, the system achieves high‐resolution volumetric scans at a fraction of the power and hardware complexity.
Colin Marcus, Md Osman Goni Nayeem, Aastha Shah, Jason Hou, Shrihari Viswanath, Maya Eusebio, David Sadat, Anantha P. Chandrakasan, Tolga Ozmen, Canan Dagdeviren   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nursing home staff’s experiences with the implementation of an automated blister packaging system for solid, orally ingestible drugs: a qualitative study in Northern Italy

BMJ Open
Objectives To explore nursing home (NH) staff’s experiences implementing an automated blister packaging system for solid, orally ingestible drugs.Design This was a descriptive qualitative study.
Dietmar Ausserhofer, Waltraud Tappeiner, Heike Wieser, Rita Obkircher, Jessica Pigneter, Jacob Roth   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Soft Robotic Excretory Care Simulator for Nursing Education: Functional and Perceptual Biomimetics Approach

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A soft robotic simulator is developed to replicate the digital removal of feces (DRF), a sensitive yet essential nursing procedure. Integrating soft actuators, sensors, and a realistic rectal model, the simulator balances functional fidelity with perceptual realism. Engineering evaluations and nurse feedback confirm its potential to enhance training in
Shoko Miyagawa, Sota Suzuki, Shizuka Watanabe, Zebing Mao, Young Ah Seong, Toshinori Fujie, Tatsuhiro Horii, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Koichi Suzumori, Hiroyuki Nabae, Shingo Maeda   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nursing students’ experience with clinical placement in nursing homes: a focus group study

BMC Nursing, 2021
Background A renewed interest in nursing homes as clinical placement settings for nursing students has been prompted by the growing healthcare needs of an ageing population.
Kristin Laugaland, Kari Kaldestad, Elin Espeland, Brendan McCormack, Kristin Akerjordet, Ingunn Aase   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting Chinese older adults' intention to live in nursing homes using an integrated model of the basic psychological needs theory and the theory of planned behavior

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
The growing number of aging populations has become a major problem worldwide. Nursing homes play an essential role in the later life of older adults. Previous research indicated potential associations between external factors and older adults' intention ...
Ming Lei, Jirawan Deeprasert, Rita Yi Man Li, Natchuda Wijitjamree   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source