Some books available in the library
- A Guide to infection control in hospital
- Ayliffe’s control of healthcare-associated infection – a practical handbook
- Fundamentals of infection prevention and control theory and practice
- Hospital infection control / NHS executive
- Infection control: science, management and practice
- Infection prevention and control : theory and practice for healthcare professionals
- Manual of infection prevention and control
- Principles and practice of disinfection , preservation and sterilization
- Rapid infection control nursing
- Reducing healthcare associated infections
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COVID-19 – Pubmed results
The paper builds on the classical understanding of the interplay between material processes and political conflicts, but generalises it in several key respects. This approach does not assume relevant political-economic aggregations ex ante (such as industries or 'classes'); rather, it explores different possible ways of aggregating social groups and defining their interests depending on the situation under investigation. Moreover, interdependencies in the economy impose the need to keep...
CONCLUSIONS: Further mitigation and suppression measures are necessary in the containment and sustained transmission phases, such as increased diagnostic capacity through testing and disinfection of populated areas and homes in isolation.
CONCLUSIONS: The identified spatial pattern may be influenced by the isolation measures taken at the local and national level, but the effect of the low access of the general population to diagnostic tests, delays and restraints to know the results cannot be ruled out and even possible biases due to difficulties in the technique of taking the sample or its conservation.
CONCLUSIONS: The cartographic representation derived from the implementation of a multicriteria model, integrated to a Geographical Information System, in the SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk analysis, constitutes a relevant methodological contribution for decision-making defining strategies of mitigation at the local level, facilitating the location and optimization of resources by the health authorities.
Many health workers in the Americas, especially women, have been victims of discrimination and different types of grievances during the COVID-19 pandemic. These brief reflections aim to make the problem visible, offer theoretical explanations and some recommendations. The pandemic constitutes a massive crisis that triggers fears and reassuring of diffuse anxieties, which often includes someone to blame. Healthcare workers have become circumstantial scapegoating targets. The inflicted attacks can...
CONCLUSIONS: There was prior knowledge that was strengthened by training and it was interpreted that health is a heritage that must be safeguarded with responsibility and biosecurity.
CONCLUSIONS: In the dental profession the potential risk of contamination among operators, assistants and patients is high. Knowing the causative agent and the disease allows you to reduce the possibility of contagion. The dentist must consider patients as suspects to COVID-19 and apply biosecurity at all levels.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic relies on real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) for the detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), to facilitate roll-out of patient care and infection control measures. There are several qRT-PCR assays with little evidence on their comparability. We report alterations to the developers' recommendations to sustain the testing capability in a resource-limited setting. Methods: We used a SARS-CoV-2 positive control RNA...
Team projects and in-class interactions are the hallmark of a freshmen introductory course in biomedical engineering (BME). Our challenge was to continue team activities, mentoring, and the semester-long design project in a virtual environment after in-person classes ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper highlights some of the adaptations required to continue a large (n = 124) team-based course with students located throughout the world. Breaking up planned in-class activities into...
Face Masks
The widespread use of polypropylene-based face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic created a significant and persistent source of plastic pollution. This review aims to provide an integrative assessment of the environmental, toxicological, and public health implications of face mask litter and evaluate current waste management challenges and emerging technological solutions in the postpandemic context. A narrative review approach was employed, synthesizing literature published between 2020 and...
CONCLUSIONS: This review underscores a noticeable lack of intervention studies employing psychoeducational strategies to mitigate risky behaviors among individuals with mental disorders. This gap emphasizes the urgent need for increased research focus in this area, as it holds promise for reshaping future approaches and strategies to address other crises within this vulnerable population.
The CDC's COVID-19 pandemic guidelines affected everyone, especially healthcare workers (HCWs) due to the high exposure risks, long hours and stress during the pandemic. Thus, understanding HCWs perceptions and acceptance of these guidelines were crucial to patient outcomes. Our goal was to investigate HCWs views on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) management of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine recommendations. Data were collected from an online survey of HCWs in...
CONCLUSION: In healthy young adults, Type I medical mask use does not impair exercise capacity or endurance, despite increasing subjective dyspnea and fatigue. While causing a minor reduction in SpO2 during the ISWT, it remains a physiologically safe intervention that should not be considered a barrier to performance in exercise field tests.
CONCLUSIONS: During the Covid-19 pandemic, IFBA websites marketed their products to Mexican children and adolescents by using links to social media, philanthropy strategies, and adopting the pandemic as a marketing strategy, which contradicts IFBA's food marketing self-regulations. Evidence-based mandatory regulations should be reinforced.
Transmission risk assessment of airborne diseases such as COVID-19 requires a detailed understanding of respiratory aerosol generation and emission during activities such as breathing and speaking, as well as the influence of protective devices such as surgical face masks. We measured integral aerosol emission rates from n = 44 participants during breathing, speaking, and speaking while wearing a surgical mask, with each condition performed for 20 min. All measurements were conducted in a closed...
Madelung's disease (Launois-Bensaude syndrome) presents a critical challenge when managing acute respiratory failure (ARF) due to the high risk of difficult airway and failed intubation posed by symmetric cervical lipomatosis. This case series investigates the feasibility of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) as a primary strategy for ARF in these high-risk patients. We present two cases of severe ARF triggered by COVID-19 pneumonia in patients with Madelung's disease. Both patients were...
ABSTRACT: PURPOSE: To assess the reliability of standard automated perimetry in a real-life cohort of glaucoma patients and suspects wearing face masks due to the COVID-19 pandemic in a large German eye hospital.
CONCLUSION: Young people are self-conscious of their dental appearance, which impacts their peer relationships and can make them a target for teasing and bullying. Orthodontic treatment is considered normal, with peers and friends providing support.
The use of face mask compliance regarding compliance monitoring is important in health sensitive and surveillance driven environments. This paper has introduced a multi-class face mask compliance detection system in the form of a Deep Convolutional Neural Network (DCNN) and advanced MobileNetV3 model. The proposed system is also based on a more difficult three-class problem (correct mask use, improper mask use, and no mask) as opposed to the traditional binary mask detection methods. A balanced...
Hospital Infection Control and Prevention (Full-text available via NHS Athens)
Journal of Hospital Infection (Full-text not available)
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