In recent years, there has been increased interest in measuring the climate for infection prevention; however, reliable and valid instruments are lacking. This study tested the psychometric properties of the Leading a Culture of Quality for Infection Prevention (LCQ-IP) instrument measuring the infection prevention climate in a sample of 972 infection preventionists from acute care hospitals. A...

In Focus Pre-exposure Prophylaxis to Prevent the Acquisition of HIV-1 Infection (PROUD): Effectiveness Results from the Pilot Phase of a Pragmatic Open-label Randomised Trial New PEPFAR HIV Prevention and Treatment Targets Barriers to the Uptake of Postexposure Prophylaxis Among Nairobi-based Female Sex Workers Behavioral Prevention Effects of Peer Education Intervention on HIV/AIDS Related Sex...

Concerted efforts have been made to combat HIV infection in Nigerian. By contrast, much less attention has been paid to hepatitis C viral (HCV) infection. These viruses have similar immuno-epidemiology. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of HCV/HIV dual infection among 269 antenatal attendees at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital in southern Nigeria. The study wa...

The functional response of an infective is the relationship between an infected individual’s infection rate and the abundance of the number of susceptibles that one can potentially be infected. In this paper, we consider defensive attitudes for HIV prevention (primary prevention) while at the same time emphasizing on offensive attitudes that reduce infection for those infected (secondary preven...

Relevance . The article presents an analysis of the key dental problems during pandemic novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), discussed on platform interdisciplinary all-Russian online conference „Prevention cross-infection at appointments in context COVID-19 pandemic”. high professional interest dentists risk transmission a appointment, role manifestations general symptom complex COVID-19, p...

The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is a newly discovered infectious disease caused by a novel coronavirus, which can readily spread in the healthcare setting. A recent community outbreak in Hong Kong infected a significant number of pregnant women who subsequently required emergency caesarean section for deteriorating maternal condition and respiratory failure. As no neonatal clinicia...

Information on risky sexual behaviour has significant policy implications in designing and implementing family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention programs. The main objective of this study was to explore the factors that determine risky sexual behaviour and the possible risk to HIV infection among the youth in Kenya. The study population consisted of 2132 sexually-active women ages (15-24) covere...

OBJECTIVE To determine the extent to which practicing veterinarians in King County, Washington, engaged in commonly recommended practices for the prevention of zoonotic diseases. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. Sample Population-Licensed veterinarians practicing clinical medicine in King County, Washington. PROCEDURES A survey was sent between September and November 2006 to 454 licensed vete...

Background: Good oral health is related to general health. The prevention of periodontal disease has an impact on 74% Indonesians suffer from gingivitis, early stage infection the gingiva when left untreated, can develop into periodontitis. highest age category for gingivitis in Indonesia 15-24 years and non-medical students are not exposed their daily life. Objective: Evaluate knowledge, attit...