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Showing 1 to 20 of 109 for “"infection control"”.
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Infection Control: Reducing Hospital Acquired Central Line Bloodstream Infections
<p>Hospital-acquired infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in neonatal intensive care units (Ceballos, Waterman, Hulett, & Makic, 2013). It’s estimated that each neonatal bloodstream infection costs about $35,000 and adds about two weeks to a baby’s hospital stay (Akron's …
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Unclean: a qualitative study of nurses’ reported infection control behaviours
… <br/>While there is a body of work describing infection control behaviours and factors affecting compliance with guidelines there has been little investigation into understanding and explaining behaviours that occur in everyday practice. Understanding such behaviours may provide a key insight …
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A study on Recognition and Practices level by Nurses in Critical Care Unit about Nosocomial Infection Control & Prevention - on General Infection, MRSA & VRE Infection Control -
… by nurses in Critical Care Unit about general infection, MRSA, VRE infection control & prevention. Data were collected on June 12 to September 3, 2004 from 69 nurses in one university affiliated hospital located in Suwon of Kyung Ki Province. The recognition and self evaluation data were …
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Ventilation in minibus taxis as a means of airborne infection control
Airborne infection control (AIC) measures are used extensively in healthcare settings to curtail the spread of airborne infectious diseases; these measures include administrative, architectural, engineering (e.g. ventilation) and personal protective interventions, serving either to reduce the …
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The Dynamics of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms: Modeling Nosocomial Infection Control Measures
… a challenge to try and understand how nosocomial infections develops in order to find the most efficient methods to combat it. Though drugs do exist to treat them, they are known to be highly resistant and have proven to be a reoccurring problem in hospitals, posing an increasing medical burden. …
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Antimicrobial wafers as a novel technology for infection control in chronic wounds.
Bacterial contamination and persistent infection is a common cause of impaired wound healing. Generally, non-healing wounds display similar physiological features with regards to mixed bacterial flora, ischemia and production of exudate. The application of topical, broad spectrum antimicrobial …
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The Development and evaaluation of photo-antimicrobial isoalloxazine dyes towards infection control
… infected is through cleanliness and continued disinfection of the wound site. There is a lack of new antimicrobial drugs coming to the market due to economical and clinical reasons, this is evident in Lord O’Neill’s 2016 report and is addressed by Professor Dame Sally Davies in Parliament, (“We …
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The Infection Control Risks Associated with the Use of Mobile Technology in Healthcare
… been no prior research to assess their impact on infection control or to authenticate recommendations on how health care workers (HCWs) should ensure their safe usage. Using a range of culture dependent and independent methods, in addition to external 16S sequencing, horizontal gene transfer (HGT) …
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Influencing infection control practice: Assessing the impact of a supportive intervention for nurses
… and health care assistants' perspectives of infection control practice on one hospital ward and use this as the basis for the development, implementation and evaluation of an education and support programme for improving practice on the ward. In Phase I of the study, nurses and health care …
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The Development and Evaluation of a Range of Phototherapeutic Dyes Towards Infection Control
… is an up and coming treatment for topical infections, involving the use of a dye in combination with a light source. Patients who suffer burn wounds are at a higher risk of acquiring an antimicrobial infection due to the immunosuppressive nature of the burn wound site, making infections one …
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Barriers to implementation of Tuberculosis infection control amongst South African Health Care Workers
HIV co-infection and drug resistance worsen the burden of Tuberculosis in South Africa. Infectious TB cases, often undiagnosed and untreated, are commonly found in health facilities increasing the likelihood of health-care associated TB. Health Care Workers (HCWs; and clients) are particularly at …
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Patient Room Design that Integrates the Personalized Ventilation System for Cross-Infection Control
… and semi-private patient rooms to prevent cross-infection. Secondly, using this approach, design solutions are proposed for patient room layouts with PV and DPV in different locations. The study proposes the best locations and components of the PV and DPV ventilation air supply and exhaust. …
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Assessing the effectiveness of Tuberculosis infection control in public healthcarefacilities in the Khomas region
… need to implement effective tuberculosis (TB) infection prevention and control (IPC) policies/guidelines. Several studies elsewhere demonstrated that organizational processes and employee skills development are key determinants of organizational performance. The effectiveness of TB control thus …
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Raising the Profile of Facilities Management (FM) in Healthcare – Managing Performance of Infection Control
Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a major problem in the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom (UK). One reason for this is the failure of healthcare officials to tackle the root causes of HAIs. There is sufficient epidemiological evidence showing that HAIs can occur because of, …
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A comparison of the factors which influence infection control in paediatric wards in England and Thailand.
Acquiring an infection during a hospital stay is a hazard for patients throughout the world. Over 1.4 million people worldwide are suffering from infections acquired in hospital. Five to ten per cent of patients admitted to modern hospitals in developed countries acquire one or more infections, …
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Hospital Infection Control Practice: Preventing, Identifying, and Measuring Healthcare-Associated Infections in an Ever-Changing Environment
<p>Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a cause of significant morbidity and mortality in U.S. hospitals. HAI prevention is receiving increased attention on account of recent legislative mandates related to public reporting of hospital infection rates and limitations in hospital …
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The internet as a source of information for Latin American professionals in infection control and instrument processing
Professionals in infection control and instrument processing in Latin America find it difficult to access current information in their specialties in order to maintain currency with the latest practice guidelines and technological advances. Without current data, it is difficult to validate the need …
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AN INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 INFECTION CONTROL ON VISUAL ART INSTALLATIONS IN HOSPITALS WITH PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
<p>This study investigated the impact of COVID-19 infection control on visual artwork in pediatric hospitals and hospitals caring for pediatric patients. The study involved five hospitals in three southern America states and addressed visual artwork and art installations. The researcher …
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