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Barriers and factors affecting personal protective equipment usage in St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Northern Uganda [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: To protect health workers (HCWs) from risky occupation exposure, CDC developed the universal precautions (Ups) including Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs).
Apio JA   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Compliance with standard precautions by nursing professionals in high complexity care

open access: yesEscola Anna Nery, 2019
Objective: To evaluate the compliance with Standard Precautions by nursing professionals from high complexity units. Methods: Quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study, carried out in a Brazilian public hospital between January and March 2017.
Daniela Rosa Floriano   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exertional sickling: Questions and controversy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Sickle cell trait (SCT) occurs in about 8% of African-Americans and is often described to be of little clinical consequence. Over time, a number of risks have emerged, and among these are rare but catastrophic episodes of sudden death in athletes and ...
Blinder, Morey A., Russel, Sarah
core   +3 more sources

Evaluation of Infection Control Methods Using by Hemodialysis Units' Staff [PDF]

open access: yesحیات, 2007
Background & Aim: Hemodialysis centers are highly susceptible to nasocomial infections due to application of hemodialysis machines, medical equipment, and invasive techniques and devices. This research was carried out in order to evaluate methods
Aliasgharpoor M   +2 more
doaj  

TINDAKAN PENGENDALIAN INFEKSI PADA PERAWAT DI RUANG RAWAT INAP DI RUMAH SAKIT KOTA SEMARANG

open access: yesLINK, 2022
Tindakan pengendalian infeksi merupakan upaya untuk mencegah terjadinya penularan infeksi terhadap pasien maupun tenaga medis khususnya perawat. Insidens kejadian infeksi (phlebitis) di Rumah Sakit cenderung meningkat.
Emanuelin Petri Purbandaru   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Awareness of the use of standard precautions during care of people living with HIV by ward attendants in Indian hospitals

open access: yesIndian Journal of Community Medicine, 2022
Context: Standard precautions (SP) are infection prevention practices universally used during patient care to lower infection transmission. Aims: The aim of the study was to (1) assess Indian ward attendants' (WAs) knowledge, perceived efficacy, and self-
Ryan Fernandez   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of an edutainment video teaching standard precautions – a randomized controlled evaluation study

open access: yesAntimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2019
Background Standard precautions are essential to prevent pathogen transmission and nosocomial infections. We assessed learning effect (primary outcome) and satisfaction (secondary outcome) of watching a 5-min humorous “edutainment (=education and ...
Aline Wolfensberger   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dentistry and the ethics of infection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Currently, any dentist in the UK who is HIV-seropositive must stop treating patients. This is despite the fact that hepatitis B-infected dentists with a low viral load can continue to practise, and the fact that HIV is 100 times less infectious than ...
Shaw, D.M.
core   +1 more source

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