background: chlamydia trachomatis (ct) is a common cause of sexually transmitted infections (sti) and a prevalent microorganism found in the vaginal discharge of sexually active women. the infection usually has no symptoms; although it may cause chronic complications such as pelvic inflammatory disease (pid), ectopic pregnancy, chronic pelvic pain, tubal infertility and cervical cancer. this st...

PURPOSE This study aimed at characterizing Korean nurses' occupational responsibilities to apply the results for improvement of the Korean Nursing Licensing Examination. METHODS First, the contents of nursing job were defined based on a focus group interview of 15 nurses. Developing a Curriculum (DACOM) method was used to examine those results and produce the questionnaire by 13 experts. Afte...

There are still employees who do not understand Covid-19 prevention and control protocol in hospitals disciplined carrying out health protocol. IPC training implementation that has been appropriately structured is considered the cause of some being exposed to Covid-19. This study aims analyze effect compliance Infection Prevention Control on occupational risks workers Occupational Health Safety...

The objective of this study was to assess the implementation of the UK Health Departments' guidelines on protecting healthcare workers and patients from hepatitis B infection. The survey took place in February 1994 in the form of a postal questionnaire survey of occupational health departments. The study frame was the 18 district-based occupational health departments in the northern region of t...

BACKGROUND Healthcare-associated tuberculosis (TB) has become a major occupational hazard for healthcare workers (HCWs). HCWs are inevitably exposed to TB, due to frequent interaction with patients with undiagnosed and potentially contagious TB. Whenever there is a possibility of exposure, implementation of infection prevention and control (IPC) practices is critical. OBJECTIVE Following a hi...