Hepatitis B infection is a serious global public health problem. More than two million people have been infected with Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and approximately 400 million people are carriers of the virus. [1]. According to the World health Organisation (WHO) approximately 240 million people are chronically infected with HBV infection and more than 7,80,000 die every year due to its consequence...

OBJECTIVES First, to determine the prevalence of measles non-immunity in a group of health care workers (HCW), and secondly, to investigate what pre-employment screening for measles is carried out by NHS occupational health departments. METHODS Two hundred and eighteen HCWs with patient contact on the medical wards at Addenbrooke's hospital provided an oral fluid sample and answered a questio...

Introduction / objectives Hand hygiene is an integral aspect of infection control. The provision of Alcohol Based Hand Rub (ABHR) gel at patient bedsides has made effective hand hygiene (HH) more convenient for Health Care Workers (HCWs) by overcoming two of the main ‘barriers’ to HHtime and distance to sinks, by placing the bottles at the point of patient care. The ABHR bottles, being novel, u...

BACKGROUND The well-documented shortages of health care workers (HCWs) in sub-Saharan Africa are further intensified by the increased human resource needs of expanding HIV treatment programs. Burnout is a syndrome of emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and a sense of low personal accomplishment (PA). HCWs' burnout can negatively impact the delivery of health services. Our main ob...

BACKGROUND There is a higher neonatal mortality rate while the adherence to the existing guidelines is rarely studied in Tanzania. AIM The aim of this study is to assess the performance of health workers for neonatal health-care. MATERIALS AND METHODS Settings - Peripheral health facilities (regional referral, district hospitals and health centers) and a tertiary referral hospital of Kilima...

conclusions based on existing data, hiv infection surveillance, performance of standard precaution, and post exposure prophylaxis with anti-retroviral drugs outlined in this review article represent reasonable interim approaches to this complex problem. context human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) concentrated in injecting drug users (idus) ...

BACKGROUND The objectives of the study were to study the seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among health college students (HS) and health care workers (HCWs) in the Najran Region of south-western Saudi Arabia and to study the students' knowledge of occupational exposure to blood-borne viral infections. METHODS A cross-sectional study of a represen...

BACKGROUND Foot screening is an important part of diabetic care as it prevents significant morbidity, loss of function and mortality from diabetic foot complications. However, foot screening is often neglected. AIM This project was aimed at educating health care workers (HCWs) in a primary health care clinic to increase diabetic foot screening practices. SETTING A primary health care clinic...

During the past 3 decades, our understanding of both the biology and epidemiology of infectious diseases has vastly improved because of methodological and technological developments. However, researchers have yet to take full advantage of the tools available to them, particularly in health care settings. Most studies of nosocomial influenza and other infections focus primarily on patients, but ...

BACKGROUND Bateys are impoverished areas of housing for migrant Haitian sugar cane workers in the Dominican Republic (DR). In these regions, preventative health care is almost non-existent, public service accessibility is limited, and geographic isolation prevents utilization of care even by those families with resources. Consequently, the development of a viable mobile system is vital to the d...