Background: In accordance with the German Infection Protection Act, the treatment and handling of laundry was checked by the Public Health Department in 2016 in all Frankfurt nursing homes with special focus on the staff's clothing. Methods: On-site visits and surveys were conducted in all 44 nursing homes in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, and random microbiological examinations of 58 reprocessed and...

BACKGROUND Although the importance of cockroach allergen in chronic asthma has now been well defined, little progress has been made in the control of cockroach allergen in infested homes. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to examine the ability of a combination of professional pest extermination and household cleaning using a solution of sodium hypochlorite to reduce cockroach infesta...

NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT ALlow scientists to rapidly analyze a person’s genome for potentially deleterious variations are now being used by at least 1 company and an academic medical center for prenatal testing, igniting a debate among scientists about the clinical value and ethical implications of the procedure. As data emerge from early clinical studies that use microarray comparative genomic hy...

The objective of this project was to assess the prevalence of (1) tobacco smoke exposure at home among children with asthma and (2) efforts to quit smoking by their parents. We employed a cross sectional survey of 622 parents of children diagnosed by a doctor with asthma. Seventy-five percent of parents reported smoke-free homes. Overall, 85% of parents pledged to keep smoke-free homes, 92% in ...

malnutrition and dehydration are two most common types of ailments residents of nursing homes (nh) prone to. it is very important to assess these problems because they can predispose the residents to severe illnesses. the aim of this study was to gather information on nutritional status and its associated risk factors in elderly residents of nhs in tehran, iran.from 16 nhs in tehran, 263 reside...

The nowadays smart homes try to move from conventional remote-controlled houses to intelligent environments. The focus has been made in blending high-tech computing into the home environment and in substituting the interaction with a box on a table by different friendly & intelligent HMI devices. Nevertheless, the introduction of real robots in home environment isn’t treated yet. How will be th...

Since 1989, the Medicare hospice benefit has been available to terminally ill individuals residing in nursing homes. We first describe the evolution and nature of hospice care for nursing home residents. We then utilize recent On-line Survey and Certification of Automated Records data on a national sample of Medicare/Medicaid certified nursing homes, merged with hospice Provider of Service and ...

Ducts penetrating the fire compartment are passageways for spreading flames and smoke of igniting deposits attached to inside or fires from outside. Fires through ducts have a fast flame propagation speed difficult extinguish quickly because high-temperature heat. Therefore, in this study, improve risk ducts, need institutional improvement is confirmed by analyzing cases, comparing domestic for...