tuberculosis infections in health care settings
Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005 pot
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06/03/2014, 04:20
... Health care settings include inpatient settings, outpatient settings, and nontraditional facility‑based settings • Inpatient settings include patient rooms, emergency departments (EDs), intensive care ... health- care associated settings go beyond the previously defined facilities The term health- care setting” includes many types, such as inpatient settings, outpatient settings, TB clinics, settings in correctional ... Facility-Based Settings Nontraditional facility‑based settings include EMS, medical settings in correctional facilities, home-based health- care and outreach settings, long-term care settings (e.g.,...
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báo cáo hóa học:"Combating HIV stigma in health care settings: what works?" doc
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20/06/2014, 08:20
... setting, outlined below, are also applicable in other health care settings, such as primary care clinics and health posts Involve all staff members, not just health professionals, in training ... and discrimination in the health care setting and elsewhere contribute to keeping people, including health providers, from adopting HIV preventive behaviours and accessing needed care and treatment ... HIV Posting relevant policies, handwashing procedures or other critical information in key areas in the health care setting enables health workers to maintain better quality of patient care Policy...
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báo cáo khoa học: " How to develop a program to increase influenza vaccine uptake among workers in health care settings?" potx
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10/08/2014, 10:23
... influenza each winter [8,9], and most of them continue to work despite of infection [5,10,11] Therefore, HCWs can introduce influenza in healthcare settings and increase the risk of an influenza outbreak ... an outbreak in turn can have significant consequences for patients and continuity of care in healthcare institutions such as those with long-term care, including nursing homes [9] In The Netherlands, ... Discussion in smaller groups Information received through an information meeting Conducting an information meeting Execute an information meeting with plenary information on influenza and influenza...
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báo cáo hóa học: " Persistently elevated T cell interferon-γ responses after treatment for latent tuberculosis infection among health care workers in India: a preliminary report" pot
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20/06/2014, 00:20
... particularly in high incidence settings In conclusion, our preliminary study, although limited by numbers, raises the interesting hypothesis that in an environment with ongoing, intensive nosocomial ... whole blood interferon-gamma assay with tuberculin skin testing for the detection of tuberculosis infection in hospitalized children in rural India J Infect 2006 [Epub ahead of print: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01634453] ... that might explain our findings First, in high incidence settings, individuals with LTBI may have very strong IFN-γ responses at diagnosis In fact, 80% of our participants had baseline values ≥10...
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báo cáo hóa học: " Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection among health care workers in a hospital for pulmonary diseases" pptx
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20/06/2014, 00:20
... effective institutional infection control plan to reduce the transmission rate of tuberculosis in healthcare settings [68] Disease probability in HCWs tested positive by serial testing should be investigated ... with tuberculosis infected during work Eur Respir J 2006, 28:1216-1221 Menzies D, Joshi R, Pai M: Risk of tuberculosis infection and disease associated with work in health care settings Int J ... in TB incidence was observed in this time period there was no significant decrease in TB incidence in the hospital staff According to the authors this indicated a "strong, flowing source of infection"...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Can workplaces be predictors for recent onset latent tuberculosis in health care workers?" docx
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20/06/2014, 00:20
... family indicating history of tuberculosis in anyone of family members who lived in the same household, years of tuberculosis in family indicating numbers of years of history of tuberculosis in family ... latent tuberculosis in health care workers, particularly in the in- and outpatient units Policy development regarding tuberculosis infection control programs focused on workplace prevention in health ... retained Not retained Note anot retained in the final model by multivariate logistic regression analyses Conclusion This study showed that some workplaces in health care facilities in Thailand increase...
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The National Council on Interpreting in Health Care
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22/10/2013, 12:15
... individuals whose main function in the health care setting is something other than interpreting These individuals may work within health care or outside it They provide interpreting services as a ... three distinct roles for bilinguals working in health care settings More general standards for communicating with members of linguistic minorities are detailed in U.S Department of Health and ... the non-English-speaking individuals who seek health care is principally Spanish Language access in settings other than health care will not be considered Approach To maintain a focus on description...
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Tài liệu TB Respiratory Protection Program In Health Care Facilities doc
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16/02/2014, 22:20
... effectiveness in protecting HCWs [health care workers] from M tuberculosis transmission in health care settings has not been determined Information concerning the transmission of M tuberculosis is incomplete ... Each Use Inspection During Cleaning vii 28 28 28 28 30 Cleaning, Repairing, and Storing Respirators Used For Protection Against TB Introduction Cleaning A Disassembly B Cleaning and Sanitizing C ... Training Who Should Conduct this Training What Should the Training Include OSHA Training Requirements Under 29 CFR 1910.139 Tips For Training Establish Specific Training Objectives Make the Objectives...
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Tài liệu 2012 Annual Progress Report to Congress National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care pdf
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18/02/2014, 15:20
... family-centered care include integrating patient feedback on preferences, functional outcomes, and experiences of care into all care settings and care delivery Additional opportunities include increasing ... hospital stays Eliminating health care associated infections and reducing the number of serious adverse medication events are important opportunities for success in making care safer In 2009, HHS released ... Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections: Roadmap to Elimination, and since then we have seen significant improvements in reducing the targeted infections In 2010, there were 33...
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CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN HEALTH CARE: EMERGING FRAMEWORKS AND PRACTICAL APPROACHES pot
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05/03/2014, 21:20
... behind whites on many important health indicators, including infant mortality rates, life expectancy, and health insurance coverage #300 Community Health Centers in a Changing U.S Health Care ... “Understanding and Addressing Racial Disparities in Health Care, ” Health Care Financing Review 21 (2000): 75–80 11 J M Eisenberg, “Sociologic Influences on Medical Decision-Making by Clinicians,” ... in health care and recruiting minorities into the health professions.e Systemic cultural competence recommendations focus on eliminating systemic or institutional barriers to care and improving...
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Recognizing and Preventing Infectious Disease in Child Care Settings ppt
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22/03/2014, 10:20
... with parents about maintaining accurate immunization records C Module Overview Recognizing and Preventing Infectious Diseases in Child Care Settings: Time Objectives Training Techniques Equipment ... repeat demonstration DVD, sink, LCD projector and lap top computer Infections in Child Care Settings • Factors causing increased exposure • Types of infections • Routes of infection • Risks to children ... Training Institute for Child Care Health Consultants Building consultation skills: policy development trainer’s guide: version Chapel Hill (NC): The National Training Institute for Child Care Health...
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Integrating HIV Prevention and Care into Maternal and Child Health Care Settings: Lessons Learned from Horizons Studies doc
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28/03/2014, 09:20
... skills in infant feeding counseling Preservice and inservice training for doctors, nurses, and community health workers should include instruction on infant feeding counseling For in- service training, ... include adding a third week to the minimum package of training for MCH staff, or adding refresher training or separate training for infant feeding counselors All training should incorporate innovative ... receiving infant feeding counseling Routine monitoring of the quality of counseling in the clinic setting also remains problematic, and supervisors lack a simple tool that they can use routinely...
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Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care pdf
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28/03/2014, 23:20
... disparities in healthcare Finding 4-1: Bias, stereotyping, prejudice, and clinical uncertainty on the part of healthcare providers may contribute to racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare While indirect ... ethnicity in the process, structure, and outcomes of healthcare Further, the committee assumes that healthcare refers to the continuum of services provided in traditional healthcare settings including ... law define discrimination in varying ways, some focusing on intent and others emphasizing disparate impact Finally, in defining racial and ethnic minority groups, the committee uses the definitions...
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báo cáo sinh học:" Understanding informal payments in health care: motivation of health workers in Tanzania" ppt
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18/06/2014, 17:20
... for Health 2009, 7:53 Background There is growing evidence that informal payments are, in many low- and middle-income countries, the main source of health care financing [1] In this paper, informal ... informal payment for health care Social Science and Medicine 2005, 60:1445-1447 Lewis M: Informal payments and the financing of health care in developing and transition countries: Informal payments ... businesses, growing vegetables to sell at the market, doing extra jobs not in the health sector, working in the private sector as health professionals, and charging informally for services Moving to the...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Greater involvement of people living with HIV in health care" potx
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20/06/2014, 08:20
... "Treat, Train and Retain" initiative, echoing the important lead of UNESCO/EI-EFAIDS in supporting teachers living with HIV [18] The GIPA statement requires investment in people with HIV in order ... This means understanding that a functioning health system is everybody's business It means listening to, working with and supporting the meaningful involvement of people living with HIV to understand ... primary interest is to promote, restore or maintain health [8] Health systems include a mother caring for a sick child at home, private providers, behaviour change programmes, health insurance...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Disparity in health care: HIV, stigma, and marginalization in Nepal" ppt
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20/06/2014, 08:20
... counselling, providing detailed information about coping with HIV, approaches to maintaining health, and de-stigmatizing HIV This suggests that hospitals and health providers may be preparing to ... and receive health care without fear Likewise, curricula related to marginalization and stigma should be developed and included in the training of all health care providers Competing interests ... suggestions and counselling I felt nothing has happened to me (Rajesh, p3) The beginning of compassionate health care Although health care has been criticized as often discriminatory against people with...
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Báo cáo y học: "Treating patients with fibromyalgia in primary care settings under routine medical practice: a claim database cost and burden of illness study" docx
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09/08/2014, 14:20
... higher cost increments A similar phenomenon was observed using the BPI using the pain interference index For example, an increase in the degree of pain interference by point (0- to 10-point scale) ... grouped according to pain intensity (Figure 2) Direct health care costs and pain intensity due to FM were driven largely by pharmacological costs (Figure 3) However, pain interference in general ... imaginable health status) [27,28] Statistical analysis As a step prior to analysis, in particular to the source of information pertaining to computerized clinical records (Oficina Médica Informatizada...
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cáo khoa học: " Barriers and facilitators to the dissemination of DECISION+, a continuing medical education program for optimizing decisions about antibiotics for acute respiratory infections in primary care: A study protocol" potx
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10/08/2014, 10:23
... decisionmaking process In spite of the growing interest in SDM, few health professionals practice it, and only a few studies on implementing SDM in clinical settings exist [4] A way to increase the practice ... Background In 2003, the province of Québec, Canada inaugurated a provincial public health policy to strengthen residents’ capacity to make decisions regarding their own health [1] Grounded in patient-centered ... translation intervention because of its potential to promote clinicians’ adoption of best practices, including the practices needed for SDM to occur in primary care [9] The DECISION+ training program...
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cáo khoa học: " Feasibility of a randomised trial of a continuing medical education program in shared decisionmaking on the use of antibiotics for acute respiratory infections in primary care: the DECISION+ pilot trial" ppsx
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10/08/2014, 10:23
... meeting) Intervention (the DECISION+ program) The intervention was based on a conceptual framework integrating the principles of SDM, including evidencebased medicine and patients’ involvement in ... difficulties pertaining to the implementation of this type of approach [15-17] One of the critical issues in this regard consists of recruiting participants [15] Indeed, recruiting and retaining physicians ... growing interest in the use of pilot studies for randomised trials [18-20], particularly if the planned intervention is offered in pragmatic settings, that is, when trials are designed to inform...
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