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Airborne infection control measures at HIV settings in India and potential areas for TB cross transmission [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background HIV-care settings are priority setting for the implementation of Air-borne infection control (AIC) measures to prevent cross TB transmission. Earlier Indian report on AIC assessment at HIV settings are limited only for few facilities.
Suchit Kamble, Gajanan Velhal, Preeti Bhandari, Vijay Nema, Suvarna Badekar, Samridhi Nigam, Vasuki Raypati, Amrita Rao, Chinmoyee Das, Vinita Verma, Rajiv Ranjan Tiwari, Nupur Mahajan   +11 more
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What can be expected to be seen in a Neurology ward? Eleven-year experience in a Brazilian university hospital

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2021
Background: Neurological disorders are significant causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. However, data about general neurological inpatient admissions in Brazil is limited.
Daniel Gabay MOREIRA, Enedina Maria Lobato de OLIVEIRA, Fernando Morgadinho dos Santos COELHO, Henrique Ballalai FERRAZ, Silvio FRANCISCO, Vanderci BORGES, Denis Bernardi BICHUETTI   +6 more
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Effect of transportation method on preoperative anxiety in children: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2020
Background This study was performed to evaluate the effect of a wagon as a transport vehicle instead of the standard stretcher car to reduce children’s anxiety of separation from parents.
Sun-Hong Park, Sanghee Park, Seongheon Lee, Jeong Il Choi, Hong-Beom Bae, Youngwook You, Seongtae Jeong   +6 more
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Are There Bad ICU Rooms? Temporal Relationship between Patient and ICU Room Microbiome, and Influence on Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Colonization

mSphere, 2022
The gut microbiome of an individual can shape the local environmental surface microbiome. We sought to determine how the intensive care unit (ICU) patient gut microbiome shapes the ICU room surface microbiome, focusing on vancomycin-resistant ...
Daniel E. Freedberg, Miles Richardson, Mary Nattakom, Jacky Cheung, Elissa Lynch, Philip Zachariah, Harris H. Wang   +6 more
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Prospective evaluation through questionnaires of the emotional status of cancer patients in the waiting rooms of a department of oncology [PDF]

Journal of Health and Social Sciences, 2016
Objective: The aim of this study is to better identify the prevailing emotions and feelings of cancer patients during their stay in waiting rooms in a department of oncology.
Roberta Resega, Sheila Piva, Annalisa Bramati, Christian Lurati, Nicla La Verde, Marco Riva, Marina Chiara Garassino, Anna Moretti, Claudio Mencacci, Valter Torri, Gabriella Farina, Maria Chiara Dazzani   +11 more
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The role of the built environment and private rooms for reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Private hospital rooms are believed to offer some protective effect against hospital-acquired infections, including central line-associated bloodstream infections. Yet a recent meta-analysis found the evidence-base to be lacking from a policy perspective.
Liam O'Neill, Sae-Hwan Park, Frank Rosinia   +2 more
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Clinical, humanistic and economic outcomes, including experiencing of patient safety events, associated with admitting patients to single rooms compared with shared accommodation for acute hospital admissions: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

BMJ Open, 2023
Objectives Assess the impact of single rooms versus multioccupancy accommodation on inpatient healthcare outcomes and processes.Design Systematic review and narrative synthesis.Data sources Medline, Embase, Google Scholar and the National Institute for ...
Andi Orlowski, Rachel Ashton, Wayne Smith, Duncan McPherson, Nicola Clarke, Alison Martin, Andrea Bertuzzi, Cassandra Springate   +7 more
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Evidence-based aerosol clearance times in a healthcare environment

Infection Prevention in Practice, 2021
Summary: Background: As researchers race to understand the nature of COVID-19 transmission, healthcare institutions must treat COVID-19 patients while also safeguarding the health of staff and other patients.
Seth A. Hara, Timothy L. Rossman, Lukas Johnson, Christopher J. Hogan, William Sanchez, David P. Martin, Mark B. Wehde   +6 more
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Application of an Automatic Suction Device to a Patient with A Tracheostomy Tube in the General Ward: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Acute Care Surgery
The A-1000 (Elmeca, Co. Ltd., Seoul, Korea) electrical automatic airway suction device, was designed to operate as a customizable repeated closed suction device. It can be used for patients with intubation or tracheostomy tubes.
Sehyeon Yu, Hanyoung Lee, Jae-Myeong Lee
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RNA and viable SARS-CoV-2 contamination of emergency department surfaces and association with patient COVID-19 status and aerosol procedures

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2022
Background: Aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs) performed on COVID-19–positive patients raise concerns about the dissemination of SARS-CoV-2 via aerosols and droplets.
Windy Tanner, Scott Roberts, Douglas Barber, Elliana Barbell, Robert Heimer, Karen Jubanyik, Vivek Parwani, Jason Tanner, Andrew Ulrich, Martina Wade, Anne Wiley, Devyn Yolda-Carr, Richard Martinello   +12 more
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