b ackground: health care-associated infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitals. reports have shown that nurses’ uniforms are sources of health care-associated infection transmission. the present study assessed the rate of bacterial contamination of healthcare worker’s white coats in two tertiary hospitals in mashhad, iran. methods: 300 healthcare workers participa...

Dieser Beitrag beschreibt die Virtual Team Spaces (VTS), eine Kollaborationslösung der BMW Group zur Unterstützung von verteilten Entwicklungsprojekten. Nach Erläuterung der Motivation zur VTS Implementierung, werden die VTS Technologien und Funktionalitäten beschrieben, sowie deren Einsatz in BMW Kooperationsprojekten mit Zulieferern und Original Equipement Manufacturers (OEM).

1 Department of Surgery, Atumi Hospital, Tahara-cho, Atumi-gun, Aichi, Japan 2 Laboratory for Bioinformatics, Department of Ecological Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, Tempaku,Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan 3 Equipement Center for Research and Education, Nagoya University, Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan 4 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, sci...

Cleaning validation is required in the pharmaceutical field to avoid potential clinically significant synergistic interactions between pharmacologically active chemicals. A simple, sensitive and accurate HPLC method has been developed and validated for determination of Clobetasol Propionate residues on the surface of manufacturing equipement. Separation of Clobetasol Propionate and Related comp...

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...