The aim of this study was to evaluate decontamination (absorption) efficacy of a preparation called Mineral Cationic Carrier (MCC) against skin contamination with sulphur mustard in vivo. MCC is a synthetic preparation with known ion exchange, absorption efficiency, and bioactive potential. CBA mice were applied increasing doses of sulphur mustard on their skin and MCC was administered immediat...

to the best of our knowledge, imaging of accidental exposure to radioactive fluorine-18 (f-18) due to liquid spill has not been described earlier in the scientific literature. the short half-life of f-18 (t½=110 min), current radiation safety requirements, and good manufacturing practice (gmp) regulations on radiopharmaceuticals have restrained the occurrence of these incidents. the possibility...

BACKGROUND Current guidelines for control of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) suggest that contact precautions be discontinued after diarrhea resolves. However, limited information is available regarding the frequency of skin contamination and environmental shedding of C. difficile during and after treatment. DESIGN We conducted a 9-month prospective, observational study involving 52 pat...

We conducted retrospective, comparative analyses of contamination rates for cultures of blood obtained in the emergency rooms of Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Lilongwe Central Hospital (LCH) in central Malawi; and the Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) in the United States. None of the emergency room patients had indwelling intravascular devices at the time th...

Surgical site infections are a mean topic in cardiac surgery, leading to a prolonged hospitalization, and substantially increased morbidity and mortality. One source of pathogens is the endogenous flora of the patient's skin, which can contaminate the surgical site. A number of preoperative skin care strategies are performed to reduce bacterial contamination like preoperative antiseptic showeri...

The possible effect of contrails in modifying the weather is reconsidered in the light of information obtained from ground-level contrails in Alaska. It appears likely that inadvertent cloud seeding b y jet aircraft may be of the same order of magnitude as that attained in commercial cloud seeding operations. Further investigation is needed; but in the meantime, the possibility of contrail cont...

background: food infections caused by campylobacter are one of the gastrointestinal inflammations in humans is health and economic losses in the community is important. objectives: to determine the prevalence of campylobacter contamination in chicken skin samples of urmia, using bacterial culture and polymerase chain reactions.                 methods: 80 samples of chicken skin from the protei...