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The N-95 mask: invaluable ally in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic

Lung India, 2020
The present COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the airborne SARS-CoV-2 virus, has highlighted the vital importance of appropriate personal protective equipment for all exposed health care workers.
Zarir F Udwadia, Reyma Sara Raju
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Effectiveness of Personal Protective Equipment and Oseltamivir Prophylaxis during Avian Influenza A (H7N7) Epidemic, the Netherlands, 2003

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010
We analyzed the effectiveness of personal protective equipment and oseltamivir use during the 2003 avian influenza A (H7N7) epidemic in the Netherlands by linking databases containing information about farm visits, human infections, and use of ...
Dennis E. te Beest, Michiel van Boven, Marian E.H. Bos, Arjan Stegeman, Marion P.G. Koopmans   +4 more
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Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Compliance with Contact- and Droplet-precaution Measures in Siriraj Hospital’s Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Ward Nurses

Siriraj Medical Journal, 2022
Objective: To determine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on personal medical discipline toward infection preventive measures. Materials and Methods: An online questionnaire on personal preventive measure was developed.
Rujipas Chanwanichkulchai, Mayuree Homsanit, Winai Ratanasuwan   +2 more
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Survey on usage and concerns of a COVID-19 contact tracing application in Japan

Public Health in Practice, 2021
Objectives: We aimed to identify the concerns, current implementation status and correct usage, and factors inhibiting implementation and correct use of a COVID-19 contact tracing application among the ordinary citizens in Japan. Study design: This was a
Masaki Machida, Itaru Nakamura, Reiko Saito, Tomoki Nakaya, Tomoya Hanibuchi, Tomoko Takamiya, Yuko Odagiri, Noritoshi Fukushima, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Shiho Amagasa, Takako Kojima, Hidehiro Watanabe, Shigeru Inoue   +12 more
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Precautions Prior to the Treatment in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the Reopening Period during COVID-19 Pandemic

Bezmiâlem Science, 2021
Oral and maxillofacial surgery is correlated with a high risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARSCoV-2) transmission. To assist our colleagues under physical and psychological burden by using the current literature data and ...
Özge DOĞANAY, Doğan DOLANMAZ
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Basic psychological needs, quality of motivation, and protective behavior intentions: a nationally representative survey study

Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 2023
Objective Building on the Self-Determination Theory, this study examines how basic psychological need satisfaction related to COVID-19 behavioral measures is associated with motivation quality and whether motivation quality is associated with intention ...
Meri Pietilä, Kaisa Saurio, Frank Martela, Mia Silfver, Nelli Hankonen   +4 more
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A systematic survey of adults’ health-protective behavior use during early COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, and the United States, and vaccination hesitancy and status eight months later

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2022
Adoption of health-protective behaviors, including social distancing measures, are a mainstay of mitigating pandemics, so it is important to understand the characteristics associated with those who use them or not.
J. Christopher Perry, Vera Bekes, Claire J. Starrs   +2 more
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of personal protective measures among hemodialysis nurses in Benghazi

Libyan International Medical University Journal, 2017
Background: This study intended to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding standard precautions concerning health care-associated infections (HAIs) among hemodialysis nurses in hemodialysis centers in Benghazi.
L Abdulmalek
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Mathematical modeling of COVID-19 transmission dynamics between healthcare workers and community

Results in Physics, 2021
Corona-virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease that has affected different groups of humankind such as farmers, soldiers, drivers, educators, students, healthcare workers and many others.
Lemjini Masandawa, Silas Steven Mirau, Isambi Sailon Mbalawata   +2 more
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Circular RNA expression landscapes in myelodysplastic neoplasms: Associations with mutational signatures and disease progression

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
In this explorative study, the abundance of circular RNA molecules in bone marrow stem cells was found to be elevated in patients with high‐risk myelodysplastic neoplasms, and to be associated with an increased risk of progression to acute myeloid leukemia.
Eileen Wedge, Morten Tulstrup, Gabriele Todisco, Pedro Moura, Christophe Côme, Jakob Werner Hansen, Jakob Schmidt Jespersen, Balthasar Schlotmann, Maria Creignou, Mette Dahl, Claudia Schöllkopf, Klas Raaschou‐Jensen, Krister Wennerberg, Bo Porse, Joachim Weischenfeldt, Eva Hellström‐Lindberg, Lasse Sommer Kristensen, Kirsten Grønbæk   +17 more
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