نتایج جستجو برای: healthcare worker

تعداد نتایج: 145079  

2017
Luke Nyakarahuka Joseph Ojwang Alex Tumusiime Stephen Balinandi Shannon Whitmer Simon Kyazze Sam Kasozi Milton Wetaka Issa Makumbi Melissa Dahlke Jeff Borchert Julius Lutwama Ute Ströher Pierre E. Rollin Stuart T. Nichol Trevor R. Shoemaker

In September 2014, a single fatal case of Marburg virus was identified in a healthcare worker in Kampala, Uganda. The source of infection was not identified, and no secondary cases were identified. We describe the rapid identification, laboratory diagnosis, and case investigation of the third Marburg virus outbreak in Uganda.

Journal: :Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2017
Laura Anderson Benjamin Weissburg Kelli Rogers Jackson Musuuza Nasia Safdar Daniel Shirley

Most recent infection outbreaks caused by unsafe injection practices in the United States have occurred in ambulatory settings. We utilized direct observation and a survey to assess injection practices at 31 clinics. Improper vial use was observed at 13 clinics (41.9%). Pharmacy support and healthcare worker education may improve injection practices. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:614-616.

2016
Louise S. van Galen Patricia W. Struik Babiche E. J. M. Driesen Hanneke Merten Jeroen Ludikhuize Johannes I. van der Spoel Mark H. H. Kramer Prabath W. B. Nanayakkara

BACKGROUND An unplanned ICU admission of an inpatient is a serious adverse event (SAE). So far, no in depth-study has been performed to systematically analyse the root causes of unplanned ICU-admissions. The primary aim of this study was to identify the healthcare worker-, organisational-, technical,- disease- and patient- related causes that contribute to acute unplanned ICU admissions from ge...

2007
Thomas Schenk Brigitte Strahm Udo Kontny Markus Hufnagel Dieter Neumann-Haefelin Valeria Falcone

Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 13, No. 9, September 2007 1425 the patient 3 days before she died, a friend and a healthcare worker had contact with her on the day before her death, and the rest of the healthcare workers had contact with the patient on the day she died. To our knowledge, this is the fi rst imported case and the tenth case of HPS reported in British Columbi...

Journal: :Global public health 2011
C Campbell K Scott

This paper examines the potential of community health worker (CHW) programmes, as proposed by the 2008 World Health Organisation (WHO) document Task Shifting to tackle health worker shortages, to contribute to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment and various Millennium Development Goals in low-income countries. It examines the WHO proposal through a literature review of factors that have facilitat...

Journal: :Rehabilitation nursing : the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses 2014
Janet Mayeda-Letourneau

PURPOSE Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) as a result of patient handling tasks occur at high rates for nursing staff and other patient care providers. Patient care providers perform high-risk patient handling tasks including lifting, transferring, ambulating, and repositioning patients. Continuous performance of these tasks places a patient care provider at risk for development of a MSD. MSDs af...

Journal: :Cadernos de saude publica 2006
Ana Maria Canesqui Maria Angélica Dos Santos Spinelli

This article addresses the profile and assessment of the Family Health Program by physicians and nurses regarding the following aspects: profile characteristics; degree of agreement with the program's proposals; and application of methods for planning and implementing primary care activities. This was an evaluative study with health professionals, and the conclusions highlighted the following: ...

Journal: :Healthcare quarterly 2014
Andrea Bishop Mark Fleming

Since the release of the seminal work To Err Is Human in 1999, there has been widespread acknowledgement of the need to change our approach to patient safety in North America. Specifically, healthcare organizations must adopt a systems approach to patient safety, in which organizations take a comprehensive approach aimed at building resilient barriers and ensuring a culture of open communicatio...

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