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Satisfaction and preferences of the patient visitors toward visiting hour policy in postnatal ward of a selected hospital, Mangalore: A descriptive study

Muller Journal of Medical Sciences and Research, 2019
Context: Hospital establishes daily visiting hours and rules for the comfort and safety of patients and their loved ones. The need to minimize disruption to the therapeutic environment of the patients while giving patients' and their families' time to be
Sonia Karen Liz Sequera, Savitha Pramilda Cutinho, Renita Fernandes, Prerna Kathi, Nimmiya Tom   +4 more
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An evaluation of hand hygiene in an intensive care unit: Are visitors a potential vector for pathogens?

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2015
Summary: Patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) are frequently immunocompromised and might be highly susceptible to infection. Visitors to an ICU who do not adequately clean their hands could carry pathogenic organisms, resulting in risk to a ...
David J. Birnbach, Lisa F. Rosen, Maureen Fitzpatrick, Kristopher L. Arheart, L. Silvia Munoz-Price   +4 more
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Alternative Care Sites: An Option in Disasters [PDF]

, 2020
During the current COVID-19 pandemic, the limited surge capacity of the healthcare system is being quickly overwhelmed. Similar scenarios play out when an institution’s systems fail, or when local or regional disasters occur.
Iserson, Kenneth V.
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Describing the categories of people that contribute to an Emergency Centre crowd at Khayelitsha hospital, Western Cape, South Africa

African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2017
Introduction: Emergency Centre (EC) crowding has globally been recognised to adversely affect patients, staff and visitors. Anecdotally, local ECs are perceived to be fairly crowded, however, not much is known about the size of this crowd and what ...
Emmanuel Ahiable, Sa'ad Lahri, Stevan Bruijns   +2 more
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Patient Safety from a Different Perspective: An Evaluation of the Type of Foods and Drinks Visitors Bring for Postoperative Patients [PDF]

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Journal, 2016
Introduction: To introduce different types of foods and beverages visitors bring for postoperative patients. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 96 visitors of postoperative patients at Trakya University Hospital in Edirne ...
Seher Ünver, Zeynep Kızılcık Özkan, Hatice Merve Alptekin, Sacide Yıldızeli Topçu   +3 more
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Frequent visitors in a university psychiatric emergency department in Greece

European Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction Background :The profile of “frequent visitors” at the psychiatric emergencies (PE) has not been sufficiently investigated in Greece. Objectives In this study we aimed to investigate the prevalence and relevant parameters of frequent PE ...
I. Vlachos, P. Chondraki, P. Magioglou, E. Lempesi, D. Bourazana, C. Papageorgiou, M. Margariti   +6 more
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A review of the chemical and biological pollutants in indoor air in hospitals and assessing their effects on the health of patients, staff and visitors

Reviews on Environmental Health, 2018
Indoor air quality in hospitals has been specifically considered in terms of its impact on health. Air quality is an important risk factor influencing the health of staff and patients who are in contact with indoor air inhaled in hospitals. Over the past
F. Ghanizadeh, H. Godini
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HANDWASHING: AN OBSERVATION CONCERNING THE PRACTICE OF STANDARD PRECAUTIONS

Cogitare Enfermagem, 2000
This work aims to verify if handwashing orientated by nursing professionals to the visitors before they have any contact with the patient. An Internation Unit of an University Hospital of Curitiba was randomly chosen. This is a describing study, a report
Letícia Bertoldi, Daniele Laís Brandalize, Ana Paula de Oliveira Pacheco, Karin Rosa Persegona, Suzana Rodrigues do Nascimento   +4 more
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Comfort and satisfaction of patients, visitors and staff with patient rooms at inpatient wards, a pilot study

E3S Web of Conferences, 2019
The indoor environmental quality, control, layout and appearance may affect comfort and satisfaction of patients, as well as visitors and staff in hospitals.
A. Eijkelenboom, G. Blok, P. Bluyssen
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A Large Outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease at a Flower Show, the Netherlands, 1999

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
In 1999, an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease affected many visitors to a flower show in the Netherlands. To identify the source of the outbreak, we performed an environmental investigation, as well as a case-control study among visitors and a serologic ...
Jeroen W. Den Boer, Ed P.F. Yzerman, Joop Schellekens, Kamilla D. Lettinga, Hendriek C. Boshuizen, Jim E. Van Steenbergen, Arnold Bosman, Susan Van den Hof, Hans A. Van Vliet, Marcel F. Peeters, Ruud J. Van Ketel, Peter Speelman, Jacob L. Kool, Marina A.E. Conyn Van Spaendonck   +13 more
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