Introduction / objectives Recently, the WHO First Global Patient Safety Challenge team launched its newest tool, the Hand Hygiene SelfAssessment Framework, a validated tool to assess hand hygiene promotion and practices in health-care facilities (http://www.who.int/gpsc/country_work/hhsa_framework/ en/index.html). Aim of the present study is to access the hand hygiene status-quo of Dutch hospit...

s by IPPNW affiliate members accepted at the 2006 8th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion "Data to Action," in Durban, South Africa (803) Audit Of Suicides, Homicides And Self-Directed Violence At Lusaka University Teaching Hospital From 1999 To 2002

Many occupational factors may interfere with sleep. Sleep disturbances can, in turn, endanger the health and safety of workers. This rapid review of the literature identifies the main factors that alter the quantity and quality of sleep, indicates the effects these alterations have on the wellbeing of workers and suggests some health promotion measures.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka 537-0025; Osaka Prefectural Dog Management Office, Osaka 537-0025; Food Safety Promotion Division, Department of Public Health and Welfare, Osaka Prefectural Government, Osaka 540-8570; and Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011, J...

114. Case Mix Index Predicts Healthcare Facility Onset Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) Reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Nicola D. Thompson, PhD, MSc; Jonathan R. Edwards, MStat; Maggie Dudeck, MPH, CPH; Scott Fridkin, MD; Shelley S. Magill, MD, PhD; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disea...

INTRODUCTION Surgical safety has emerged as a crucial global health issue in the past two decades. Although several safety-enhancing tools are available, the pace of large-scale improvement remains slow, especially in developing countries such as China. The present project (Modern Surgery and Anesthesia Safety Management System Construction and Promotion) aims to develop and validate system-bas...

Citation for the original published paper (version of record): Peltzer, K., Phaswana-Mafuya, N., Arokiasamy, P., Biritwum, R., Yawson, A. et al. (2015) Prevalence, circumstances and consequences of non-fatal road traffic injuries and other bodily injuries among older people in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russia and South Africa. African Safety Promotion: A Journal of Injury and Violence Preven...

BACKGROUND Elderly injuries are a recognized public health concern and are due to two factors; osteoporosis and accidental falls. Several osteoporosis pharmaceuticals are considered cost-effective, but intervention programs aiming at preventing falls should also be subjected to economic evaluations. This study presents a cost-effectiveness analysis of a community-based elderly safety promotion ...