OBJECTIVE To describe the frequency, cause and potential cost of prevention of hollow-bore dirty needlestick injury (NSI) sustained by healthcare workers. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS Ten-year prospective surveillance study, 1990-1999, with triennial anonymous questionnaire surveys of nursing staff. SETTING 800-bed university tertiary referral hospital in Brisbane, Australia. MAIN OUTCOME MEAS...

Background and Objectives: The Health System Evolution Plan was developed to improve quality and accessibility of health care services and reduce the costs to protect people from catastrophic out of pocket payments. The aim of current study is investigatation of Health System Evolution Plan effects on performance indices of governmental hospitals affiliated to Iran University o...

It is logical to propose that if a human mission is flown to Mars, it should be composed of an entirely female crew. On the average, women have lower mass and take less volume than males, and use proportionately less consumables. In addition, sociological research indicates that a female crew may have a preferable interpersonal dynamic, and be likely to choose non-confrontational approaches to ...

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In this paper we present an account of the publication of a suite of datasets, LEAPS, that collectively enable the evaluation of potential algal biomass production sites in North West Europe (NWE). LEAPS forms the basis of a prototype Web application that enables stakeholders in the algal biomass domain to interactively explore via various facets, potential algal production sites and sources of...

One of thesources of infection as a result of coronavirus disease treatment is the medical waste generated during the health care activities. Since the registration of the first infected case of coronavirus in Jordan the daily number of patients fluctuated from as low as zero to as high as 40 with a recovery ratio and case fatality risk of 39% and 1.7%, respectively. The main objective of the p...