Hygiene of Communicable Diseases

Oral Hygiene Status in a General Population of Iran, 2011: A Key Lifestyle Marker in Relation to Common Risk Factors of Non-Communicable Diseases

Background To estimate Oral Hygiene (OH) status in the Iranian population in 2011, and to determine the influence of socio-economic characteristics on OH, and its interrelation with common risk factors of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).   Methods Data including a total of 12,105 individuals aged 6-70 years were obtained from the sixth round of the surveys of NCDs risk factors in Iran. OH was ...

[Prevention and control of communicable diseases].

Public Hygiene Campaign in Denmark during the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Had No Effect on Hospitalization Rate of Communicable Diseases in Children

BACKGROUND During the 2009 H1N1 pandemic the Danish National board of Health carried out massive public hygiene campaigns to limit spread of disease. We aimed to investigate whether this resulted in lower incidences of communicable diseases in the paediatric population. METHODS The study compared annual hospitalization rates for childhood infections from 2005 to 2011. RESULTS Admission rate...

Knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of hygiene among school children in Angolela, Ethiopia.

INTRODUCTION Poor hygiene practices and inadequate sanitary conditions play major roles in the increased burden of communicable diseases within developing countries. This study evaluated the KAP of hygiene among rural school children in Ethiopia and assessed the extent to which proper knowledge of hygiene was associated with personal hygiene characteristics. METHODS This cross-sectional study...

Do Flashing Red Lights Help Improve Hand Hygiene Compliance at the Front Entrance of a Large Hospital?

Hand hygiene is one of the most effective measures against the spread of infectious diseases. Compliance with hand hygiene among healthcare workers and visitors to the hospital varies but can be quite poor in some instances [1]. Hand hygiene upon first entering a health care institution has not been studied in detail and the few studies addressing it have indicated that compliance is quite poor...