Field-collected bed bugs (Cimex lectularius L.) showed little, if any, adverse effects after 2-h direct exposure to the aerosolized pyrethroid(s) from three over-the-counter total-release foggers (Ôbug bombsÕ or ÔfoggersÕ); Hotshot Bedbug and Flea Fogger, Spectracide Bug Stop Indoor Fogger, and Eliminator Indoor Fogger. One Þeld-collected population, EPM, was an exception in that therewas signi...

BACKGROUND the number of nursing home residents (NHRs) in hospital is increasing although hospital admission may be deleterious to their health. OBJECTIVE to evaluate a system of educating residents, their families, staff and general practitioners about outcomes of dementia, advance care planning (ACP) and hospital in the home. METHODS we employed one clinical nurse consultant, who utilised...

Purpose: Typically around 30% of acute beds used by older people deliver care that could be provided in ‘non-acute’ settings. Such ‘avoidable’ bed use results in ‘delayed’ hospital discharges. This study examined this problem using statistics that are routinely collected but not routinely used to support service development. Methods: Daily, hospital staff document the number of patients who are...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim was to evaluate the current approach to forecasting hospital bed requirements. DESIGN The study was a time series and regression analysis. The time series for mean duration of stay for general surgery in the age group 15-44 years (1969-1982) was used in the evaluation of different methods of forecasting future values of mean duration of stay and its subsequent use in t...

Background and Objectives: Efficient hospital management requires appropriate cost and price strategies. Informed decision on costs and prices of healthcare services needs estimation of costs of unit services using microeconomic techniques. There is lack of knowledge and skills for such costing methods in the healthcare sector of developing countries such as Iran. This study aims at detail des...

This work presents the electronic design of an intelligent device that includes a monitor system for automatic movements of a robotic hospital bed based on posture classification and identification. This feature was carried out in response to the necessities defined by the application of a diagnostic identification methodology. This method was successfully applied to a public Mexican hospital a...

In Canada, acute care refers to the in-hospital treatment of a disease during its initial phases (typically measured in days). Determining how bed availability impacts patient access to care is of great interest to the British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Health Services and to the health service delivery industry worldwide. In this article we discuss a simulation queueing theory model with three ...

BACKGROUND Falls are a common occurrence in older people and frequently lead to hospital admission. There is a current lack of cohesive fall prevention strategies in the Republic of Ireland. AIM To demonstrate the cost of fall-related admissions to an acute hospital. METHODS A review of Hospital Inpatient Enquiry (HIPE) data and medical case notes was performed for all fall-related admissio...