OBJECTIVE To assess methods of sterilization in dental practices in Karachi and secondly to investigate methods of monitoring sterilization in dental practices in Karachi, Pakistan. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional, descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Dental colleges, hospitals and private clinics of Karachi, Pakistan, from January to March 2013. METHODOLOGY A total of 251 question...

This paper examined the influence of religion on the adoption of female sterilization, using data from the 1992/93 Indian National Family Health Survey. The influence of religion at both individual and district levels was examined, and a multi-level modelling methodology was used for assessing community variations in the influence of religion on the adoption of sterilization. Individual religio...

Background: Rapid growths in health care technology have given the surgeon power of not only treating diseases surgically but also limiting surgical invasiveness. Methods: It is an institution based non-randomized, prospective, analytical study at Burdwan Medical College and Hospital. Results: As far as our concerned all hospitals from where patients came were using “activated di-aldehyde” solu...

observing the correct principles of sterilization is one of the most important strategies to prevent infection transmission and, also, to reduce the time and the cost of research projects in biological sciences. the aim of this study is to evaluate the awareness of employees in a research laboratory in an institute of medical sciences. in this cross-sectional study, a questionnaire was designed...

Sterilization of mentally handicapped individuals occurs today despite little consensus in the medical community as to when sterilization is appropriate (Zurawin & Paransky, 2003). In addition, each state has different laws regarding sterilization of the mentally handicapped. Thus, nurses and nurse practitioners must navigate the complex social issues and legal uncertainties related to steriliz...

This study aims to investigate the determinants of female sterilization in Brazil. The analysis is innovative because it adds the time of exposure to the risk of sterilization into survival models. The models control for postpartum duration, age at delivery, parity at delivery, type of delivery, place of delivery, region of residence at the time of interview, color/race, and years of schooling ...

Tissue engineering is an emerging field in biomedicine, holding enormous promise for regenerative medicine. Scaffolds, within which cells proliferate, are a controlling factor in tissue engineering applications. Upon fabrication, tissue scaffolds must undergo appropriate sterilization to eliminate contaminants. Current sterilization methods are either costly, time consuming, or ineffective. In ...