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Prevention of healthcare-associated infections

2022
Abstract Healthcare-acquired infections (HCAI) are a major safety risk to people who receive care either in hospital or in the community. HCAIs have a significant impact on individuals, manifest in increased lengths of stay in hospitals, increased morbidity, and increased mortality.
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Social Support and Preventive Healthcare Behaviors Among Couples in Later Life.

The gerontologist, 2018
Background and Study Objectives Intimate partners and close friends represent two major sources of social support that are central to one's health and health behaviors in later life.
S. Han, Kyungmin Kim, J. Burr
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Can we deliver preventive healthcare?

Veterinary Record, 2010
Many livestock diseases can be prevented effectively.
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@Prevention: a website project for prevention in the healthcare setting

Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene, 2011
In the field of prevention, Internet websites and their related instruments constitute valuable tools for healthcare facilities, and particularly for Local Healthcare Authorities (LHA). As yet, however, their undoubted potential remains largely unexploited.
Rosselli R, Onesti A, MARTINI, MARIANO, CARTIGLIA, CRISTINA, STICCHI, LAURA, Alberti M.   +5 more
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Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections: Beyond Best Practice

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 2013
The goal of this review is to evaluate best practices for preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and to identify opportunities beyond best practice. Achieving an infection-free hospital stay for patients will require integration of infection prevention into routine bedside clinical care. The objectives are (1) to summarize the best practices
Pranavi Sreeramoju, Biff F. Palmer
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Suicide prevention in healthcare.

Journal of healthcare protection management : publication of the International Association for Hospital Security, 2014
Healthcare facilities as growing venues for suicide by patients, family members, and others is a challenge which cannot be ignored by security and safety professionals working together with clinicians and social workers, according to the author who presents a checklist of winning strategies to achieve a "zero incidents" suicide prevention program.
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Phishing Prevention in Healthcare

Phishing is currently one of the most common cybercrimes. To trick people into sharing personal information or installing malicious software, hackers pretend to have legitimate identities. The healthcare sector is particularly vulnerable because there is so much sensitive data involved, such as financial and medical records.
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Caring for healthcare professionals. Improving prevention in occupational healthcare

TBV – Tijdschrift voor Bedrijfs- en Verzekeringsgeneeskunde, 2015
E-health toepassingen genieten de laatste jaren grote belangstelling onder beleidsmakers en zorgaanbieders en ook binnen arbodiensten wordt naar de mogelijkheden gekeken. Zij lijken veelbelovend maar bieden zij werkelijk de mogelijkheid op eigentijdse wijze effectief zorg te verlenen tegen beperkte kosten (vergeleken met ‘care as usual’)?
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Preventing adverse healthcare events: lessons from abroad

British Journal of Nursing, 2011
John Tingle discusses a patient safety report from Minnesota, USA which contains some important lessons for maintaining and developing a safe and proper healthcare treatment environment.
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Preventing respiratory viral transmission in healthcare settings

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
Purpose of review The COVID-19 pandemic catalyzed new insights into respiratory viral transmission mechanisms and prevention. We review the most practical and impactful measures to prevent SARS-CoV-2 and other nosocomial respiratory viral infections in healthcare.
Zanella, Marie-Céline, Rhee, Chanu, Klompas, Michael   +2 more
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