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Njenje, Charles Chukwuemeka. "Improving Hand Hygiene in an Intensive Care Unit." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5914.

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Health-care-associated infections (HCAIs) affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide, causing morbidity and mortality among hospitalized patients. About 2 million patients suffer from HCAIs in the United States, and it is estimated that 99,000 of them die each year. Studies have indicated that transmission of health-care-associated microorganisms occurs through contaminated hands of health care workers. Hand hygiene (HH) is the single most effective way to prevent health-care-associated infections, yet health care workers' hand hygiene compliance remains low. One factor responsible for po

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Magner, MaryBeth. "The Effects of Managed Care on the Quality of Dental Hygiene Care." TopSCHOLAR®, 1998. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/344.

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Managed care has become a prominent mechanism for insuring dental care. Empirical research suggests that managed dental plans provide lower quality care to patients. However, few studies have specifically addressed the effects of managed care on the quality of dental hygiene care. Thus, in this study the researcher examines whether dental hygienists deliver a lower level of treatment to managed care patients than to those who are not subject to managed care. Questionnaire data were gathered from 193 members of the American Dental Hygienists' Association residing in the Chicago area. The primar

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Lungui, Ilona. "Hand Hygiene and Compliance Rates in an Acute Care Setting." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6454.

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Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a significant problem faced by healthcare organizations globally. The Centers for Disease Control reported that in 2014, 722,000 patients acquired an HAI, and of those, 75,000 died as a result. This project focused on reeducating healthcare staff on hand hygiene practices to prevent HAIs. Preintervention hand hygiene compliance rates were compared to postintervention hand hygiene compliance rates on 2 units in an acute care setting to evaluate if reeducation of healthcare staff on hand hygiene protocols and practices would increase hand hygiene complianc

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Lisauckis, Lisa Elena. "Herbal supplement education in dental hygiene curricula." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2002. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2326.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2002.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 63 p. : ill. (some col.). Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 48-50).

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Griffiths, John H. "Verbal regulation of behaviour in children : establishing effective dental care." Thesis, Bangor University, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.357889.

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Henry, Rachel K. "A Comparison of Millennial and Non-Millennial Dental Hygiene Student and Faculty Classroom Expectations." The Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1419262693.

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Cravens, Cedric A. "Tr?-Vigil, LLC, a hand hygiene company for health care organizations." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10167528.

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<p>Nosocomial infections are a significant medical burden to every health care setting in the United States. Also known as health-associated infections or hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), they are infections that people acquire while they are receiving treatment for another condition in a health care setting. To decrease rates of HAIs, Tr?-Vigil, LLC will provide health care facilities with point-of-care hand hygiene capability in the form of portable hand sanitizers that clip onto lab coats or scrubs, along with a monitoring system that tracks medical staff usage of the sanitizers. Thi

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Chang, Nai-Chung Nelson. "Identifying factors influencing hand hygiene compliance during the patient care sequence." Diss., University of Iowa, 2018. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6390.

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Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are a significant issue in healthcare facilities worldwide. Hand hygiene (HH) remains the most effective method for preventing the incidence of HAI in routine patient care. Past and current interventions focused on the overall improvement of HH compliance, but studies found that the amount of time required to achieve full HH compliance with the existing guidelines may not be practical. Improving HH compliance at critical moments during patient care may be more effective than improving HH compliance at all opportunities. However, there are little to no stu

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Lau, Chun-ling, and 劉俊玲. "Factors affecting hand hygiene compliance in intensive care units: a systematic review." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48423890.

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Hospital-acquired, or nosocomial infections (HAIs) are the major source of mortality and morbidity for hospitalized patients. It is estimated that 7-10% patients developed HAIs during their hospital stays, with most patients got infected from intensive care units (ICU) [1,2]. Hand hygiene (HH) is recognized as the most easy and effective way to prevent HAIs. However, the observed hand hygiene compliance rates among healthcare workers (HCWs) have been regarded as unacceptably low, especially in ICU [3]. This literature review is to discuss the factors influencing the hand hygiene compliance am

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Bauchmoyer, Susan Marie. "Predicting Academic and National Board Dental Hygiene Examination Performance Based on Academic Factors." The Ohio State University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1418401625.

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Yip, Shuaih-yee Bethia, and 葉率意. "Oral care practice in cancer nursing." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45011990.

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Wang, Jennifer. "Health care behaviour of Hmong refugees in Sydney." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1998. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/27572.

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The Hmong, a minority group from Laos, began arriving in Australia in 1976, having fled their country after the Pathet Lao (Lao communists) came into power in May, 1975. Little has been written on the Hmong in Australia but one survey conducted in 1987 on the Hmong community in Sydney identified it as socioeconomically disadvantaged (Lee 1987). At the same time, studies from the United States were discovering a significant problem of poor health status and unsatisfactory health care behaviour within various Hmong refugee communities in that country (Bliatout 1988a; Deinard and Dunnigan 1987;

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Jose, Babu. "Dental caries and oral hygiene practices of children and caregivers inKerala, India." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31954224.

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Dean, Lesa. "Dental Care in Long-Term Care Facilities of Warren County, Kentucky." TopSCHOLAR®, 1986. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2252.

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Many physical changes occur as one ages, including changes associated with the oral cavity. A review of the literature suggests that the provision of dental care to institutionalized elderly patients presents problems due to a variety of factors. The purpose of this study is to assess the level or dental care provided to residents of long-term care facilities located in Warren County, Kentucky. In addition, secondary objectives Include the ascertainment of who provides dental care to residents and the amount or in-service dental training made available to staff members of the facility. Each ad

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Travis, Shirley S. "Self-care dependency among elders in long-term care settings." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/49945.

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General acceptance of a pattern of activities of daily living (ADL) dependency has led to the use of an additive method of determining self-care dependency and need for long-term care. This traditional method of determining ADL levels is convenient, and it is practical to the extent that individuals in a long-term care population do fit a scaled pattern of dependency. This research was based on 3611 cases from the Preadmission Screening Program of the Virginia Medical Assistance Program. Tabular and staged logistic regression analyses examined: 1) characteristics of this group of long-term car

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Rooshenas, Leila. "Managing common infections in Day Care settings : Day Care providers' sickness exclusion beliefs, advice, and their consequences for parents." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2012. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/38020/.

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Background and Aims: Judicial antibiotic prescribing and appropriate use of healthcare resources are public health priorities. Preschool-aged children that attend day care frequently consult general practitioners (GPs) and receive antibiotics, despite experiencing mainly self-limiting and/or viral infections. North-American surveys indicate that day care providers unnecessarily exclude children with infections, and make exceptions to exclusion on the basis of antibiotic treatment. Commentators suggest that this may lead to unnecessary consultations and inappropriate antibiotic requests. This s

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Darr, Robert Edward. "Barriers To Men Entering Undergraduate Dental Hygiene Programs." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1471863587.

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Cousineau, Lisa Marie. "Pharmaceutical and personal care product concentrations in the upper Susquehanna River." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2008.

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Price, Tabitha. "How to Care for Patients with Diabetes." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2533.

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Excerpt: More than 25.8 million people in the United States have diabetes. This metabolic disorder is associated with many health complications that result from microvascular and macrovascular diseases.

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Ramírez, Montoya María Fernanda, Simón Farley Fareld Chacaliaza, Pariasca Jose Herrera, Barrantes Alessandra Ventosilla, and Yabar Stephany Gisella Gonzales. "Spartan Men Care." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/652796.

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Hoy en día, no solo las mujeres se preocupan por el cuidado de la piel sino también los hombres. Sumado a esta nueva tendencia, se puede observar el ascenso de la preferencia en productos de origen natural que contribuyen al aporte de beneficios a la piel y a la reducción del daño ocasionado por los químicos. En este sentido, se ha encontrado un mercado potencial, los hombres específicamente del estilo de vida sofisticado, una parte de la población, definida por Arellano Marketing, como preocupados por el status, la moda y la imagen. Partiendo de la imagen, es sabido que en la actualidad e

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Johnson, Cassandra Jean. "Perceptions of Pre-doctoral and Dental Hygiene Students Regarding Intraprofessional Education." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1492611975616089.

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Rosenberg, Anna. "Hand Hygiene Barriers faced byHealth Care Workers in The Gambia: : A Health Belief Model Approach." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Miljövetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-32255.

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Health care associated infections cause major challenges to the provision of health care. This isdue to the burden placed on individuals, their families, and health services. Hand hygiene actions are cost effective measures towards reducing the spread of health care associated infections and have proven very effective in preventing microbial transmission during patient care. It has beenproven that health care workers hands are the main routes of transmission of health care associated infections. Despite this, hand hygiene is still frequently overlooked by health careworkers especially in setti

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Johansson, Isabelle. "Dental- and nursing care collaborations in Sweden – A way to support nursing staff in oral hygiene care for older people." Licentiate thesis, Hälsohögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, HHJ. ARN-J (Aging Research Network - Jönköping), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-43631.

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Background: Oral health is an integral part of the general health and quality of life. Yet oral health among older people requiring nursing care is often poor. Despite this group’s frequent contact with health care services, they tend to lose contact with dental care. In nursing care, nursing staff are tasked to assist with oral hygiene care, but this has become more demanding as many older people retain more teeth or have advanced prosthetic constructions. Previous research in the field emphasised the need of collaboration between dental- and nursing care to support the nursing staff in this

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Knowlton, Samantha Dawn. "Measuring bioaerosol concentrations generated from toilet flushes during hospital-based patient care." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2017. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/5539.

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Infectious diseases account for over 15 million deaths worldwide. Those who are at greatest risk of contracting an infectious disease are immunocompromised. These individuals may be admitted to a healthcare-based setting where they may become infected. In the United States, 1.7 million immunocompromised individuals contract a healthcare-associated infection which lengthens stay, increases medical costs, and puts lives at stake. The transmission routes for these infections occur from direct contact with healthcare staff and contaminated surfaces. Indirect contact methods, such as bioaerosols su

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嚴蕙怡 and Wai-yi Yim. "Evidence-based eye care protocol for ICU patients with altered level of consciousness." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43251778.

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何穎恩 and Wing-yan Vivian Ho. "An evidence-based guideline on emollient therapy for skin care in premature infants." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/193052.

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Skin is the major protective barrier in a human body. In premature infants, the immature skin barrier reduces the protection against germs. Emollient therapy is an effective prophylactic measure to improve premature infants’ skin condition so as to protect the premature infants against infection. A systematic review of studies shows that emollient therapy is a simple, safe and cost effective intervention for premature infants to improve skin condition. Evidence shows that emollient therapy can also decrease transdermal water loss, conserve heat and energy, stabilize fluid and electrolytes and

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Guzzi, Johnna M. "Impact of early childhood perceptions and experiences on oral health practices in later life." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2002. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2651.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2002.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 83 p. : ill. (some col.). Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-66).

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Slater, Karen. "Improving Care of Peripheral Intravenous Needleless Connectors." Thesis, Griffith University, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/412414.

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Background: Most hospitalised patients have a peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) at some point during hospitalisation. Although the rate of bloodstream infection (BSI) for PIVCs is low, the sheer number of devices inserted makes them a device of interest, since cumulatively many infections occur worldwide each year. Access to intravenous (IV) lines for the administration of medication and fluids in most of the developed world is through the needleless connector (NC) component of a PIVC. NCs were introduced several decades ago to reduce the risk of needlestick injuries amongst healthcare wo

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Shiao, Judith Shu-Chu School of Health Services Management UNSW. "Needlestick injury in health care workers in Taiwan." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Health Services Management, 2000. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/17829.

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Objectives: Risk associated with needlestick injuries (NSI) in health care workers (HCWs) in Taiwan has not been characterized. We conducted this investigation to study 1) the prevalence and yearly incidence of NSI in HCWs in Taiwan, and the risk factors associated with NSIs; 2) reporting behavior when a NSI was sustained; and 3) seroprevalence of blood-borne pathogens among inpatients. Combination of the above information allowed for risk estimation for contracting hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in HCWs. Methodology: A cross-sectional

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Youssef, Sarah Jane. "Implant Maintenance Curriculum Among U.S. Dental Hygiene Programs." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1586814568072554.

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Ahlström, Mandy, and Valles Carmelle Fajutrao. "Hand hygiene compliance among nursing staff in a Philippine private hospital." Thesis, Sophiahemmet Högskola, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:shh:diva-1585.

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Background Healthcare-associated infections constitute a threat to patient safety and an economic burden on health systems worldwide. The most effective way to prevent healthcare-associated infections is through proper hand hygiene practice, but studies show that compliance is low. In 2009, the World Health Organization released hand hygiene guidelines and tools to address the issue. Aim The aim of the study was to measure the compliance to the WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care among nursing staff in a private hospital in the Philippines using the evaluation framework of the World

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Daugherty-Wood, Heather Nichole. "Measuring the Impact of Cultural Competence Training for Dental Hygiene Students." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429889900.

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Tucker, Helen Jean. "Integrated care : the presence, nature and development of integrated care in community health services in England and Ireland." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2012. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/56879/.

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Background: Integrated care is a policy imperative in health and social care services globally, and yet there are reported difficulties in defining, developing and sustaining this way of working. Research Question: This research explores staff views and experiences of the presence, nature and development of integrated care in two programmes of community services. Method: A case study approach was adopted using secondary analysis of qualitative data from staff questionnaires using themed content analysis and pattern matching, with findings triangulated with documentary sources. The study consid

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Delport, S. V. "Health and health care of the preschool child in Hout Bay." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27215.

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At present not enough is known about the health of preschool children in the poorer communities of Cape Town. This study, was undertaken to assess the health and health care of preschool children in one such community: that of the Hout Bay harbour township. A clinic and community-based surveillance programme was devised to make this assessment. Data were obtained by monitoring the records at the Community Health Centre in the township. A study sample of 214 children from the community was also selected by random stratified cluster sampling. This sample was assessed by means of a questionnaire

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Moore, Christian. "A qualitative case study of nurse, physician, and allied clinicians perceptions on hand hygiene compliance." Thesis, University of Phoenix, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3746426.

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<p> The purpose of this qualitative exploratory case study was to explore the perceptions held by physicians, nurses, and other allied clinicians regarding hand-hygiene practices in order to understand what causes non-compliance with those practices. The conceptual framework guiding the research study was based on the social behavioral theories Rosenstocks Health Belief Model, The theory of reasoned action (TRA), introduced by Ajzen and Fishbein (1975) and The social cognitive theory which suggests that an individual’s behavior is determined by his or her own personal intention and that

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Crawford, Kathryn J. "Assessment of noise in a medical intensive care unit." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2016. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2061.

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Exposure to noise in hospital intensive care units (ICUs) can disrupt patients’ sleep and delay their recovery. In this intervention study, noise levels were measured in eight patient rooms of a medical ICU (MICU) every minute with sound level meters for eight weeks before and after an intervention. Implemented over six weeks, the intervention was designed to educate nurses and other staff members to reduce noise levels through behavior modification, including instituting a “quiet time” in the afternoons, encouraging patients to keep televisions off or at lower volumes, and speaking more quiet

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Cole, Mark. "Social construction of hand hygiene as a simple measure to prevent health care associated infection." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2014. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/14426/.

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The incidence of Heath Care Associated Infection is a major patient safety concern in the United Kingdom and reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with this has become a National Health Service priority. It is generally accepted that this objective will require a multi-factorial approach where infection prevention and control is seen as everybody’s business. However, some strategies receive greater exposure than others and hand hygiene is widely touted as a common sense solution to a complex problem. This discourse based study combined the techniques of Corpus Linguistics with Critic

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Bronson-Lowe, Daniel. "Impact of an Environmental Hygiene Intervention on Illness and Microbial Levels in Child Care Centers." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195257.

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Pathogens on surfaces in child care centers can contribute to illness among attendees and may thereby contribute to medical visits as well. This intervention study was conducted to assess the effect of using specific sanitizing products and cleaning protocols in child care centers on the incidences of lower respiratory infections, diarrheal illness, antibiotic use, and medical visits among children attending the centers and on the levels and antibiotic resistance of indicator bacteria in those centers. During the ten-week study period, children from twelve centers were observed. Six of the c

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Mok, Anthony, and 莫彤. "Effectiveness of hand hygiene programs that improve compliance rate among healthcare workers: a systematic review." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48424985.

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Introduction: Hand hygiene, the most effective and economical way to prevent the transmission of many bacteria and viruses in healthcare settings, yet, its compliance rate remained unacceptably poor in many countries. Compliance with hand hygiene among healthcare workers increased substantially during outbreak of serious acute respiratory symptoms (SARS) in 2003 but decreased to the baseline after SARS, to improve compliance rate sustainable, many hand hygiene intervention programs have been established since 2003. However, the effectiveness of these programs were in big variations. The obje

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Snyman, J. S. "Effectiveness of the basic antenatal care package in primary health care clinics." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/728.

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Pregnancy challenges the health care system in a unique way in that it involves at least two individuals – the woman and the fetus. The death rates of both pregnant women (maternal mortality) and newborns (perinatal mortality) are often used to indicate the quality of care the health system is providing. In terms of maternal and perinatal outcomes South Africa scores poorly compared to other upper-middle income countries (Penn-Kekana & Blaauw, 2002:14). The high stillbirth rate compared to the neonatal death rate reflects poor quality of antenatal care. Maternal and perinatal mortality is reco

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McLean, Christopher Duncan. "Thinking about patients and talking about persons in critical care nursing." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2012. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/349086/.

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Nursing scholarship and healthcare policy set an expectation that nurses should think about patients as persons. Nevertheless, the literature reveals that critical care nurses can struggle to perceive patients as persons, and thus suggests they may think about patients in different ways. This thesis presents the findings of an ethnographic study undertaken within one critical care unit in the United Kingdom which examined how critical care nurses do think about patients. A purposive sampling strategy recruited 7 participants representing both experienced and inexperienced critical care nurses.

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McGuire, Margaret Maher. "Community postnatal care provision in Scotland : the development and evaluation of a template for the provision of woman centred community postnatal care." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2001. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/1184/.

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The specific objectives of the study were to: 1. Investigate women's perceptions and experiences of postnatal care; 2. Examine the current pattern of postnatal care provision in terms of clinical outcomes (maternal and neonatal) and maternal satisfaction; 3. Evaluate the new model in terms of clinical outcomes (maternal and neonatal) and maternal satisfaction; 4. Compare the outcomes of both models; and 5. Evaluate midwives' perceptions of both models of care. There were no difference between the two Phases in terms of clinical outcomes (maternal and neonatal) midwifery and maternal satisfacti

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Dalgarno, Elizabeth Louise. "'Through the looking glass' : primary care consultations, work and health : a qualitative study." Thesis, Keele University, 2018. http://eprints.keele.ac.uk/5580/.

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Musculoskeletal conditions are believed to cost UK society approximately £7.4 billion per year, with 30 million working days lost each year due to musculoskeletal conditions. Currently, within the UK, sickness certification can be self-certified for a period of seven days after which time a General Practitioner is required to authorise any further period of absence from work for patients. In April 2010 the Sickness Certificate was replaced with the Fit Note. The existing literature has offered little ‘in-vivo’ insight into the primary care consultation in relation to the management of patient

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Tang, Pui-kwan, and 鄧佩君. "Voice problems of secondary school teachers and the need for preventative education." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206591.

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Voice problems are common among teachers due to their job characteristics. Thus, the quality of teaching, daily communication, emotion would be adversely affected. However, the past studies mainly focused on primary school and preschool teachers. There is lack of investigation on voice problems of secondary school teachers. Moreover, the need for voice use training for secondary school teachers was not addressed in the past. This study investigated the prevalence of voice problems in secondary school teachers in Hong Kong and the need for preventive education. A questionnaire was decided wi

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Morgan, Trina J. "Minority College Students’ Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding the Profession of Dental Hygiene in Comparison to their Oral Health and Dental Knowledge." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2564.

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The purpose of this study was to find out the attitudes and beliefs of minority college students enrolled at Missouri College in Brentwood, Missouri in reference to the dental hygiene profession. In particular, does their oral health and dental knowledge relate to their knowledge of profession of dental hygiene? One hundred and six students gave their consent to participate in the study via Survey Monkey. The study was conducted in May 2015 for a period of four weeks. Four statements were designed to gauge minority students’ knowledge of dental hygiene as a career. No differences were found ba

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Pastakia, Sonak D. "Developing self-sustainable models of care for non-communicable diseases in Kenya." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2016. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/91742/.

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Background (Kenya) Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is in the midst of experiencing an unprecedented increase in non-communicable diseases (NCD), specifically diabetes and hypertension. This shift has required public sector health systems, which have historically focused on managing acute diseases, to redesign their services to appropriately serve chronic disease needs. Issue Addressed In order to provide a description of our efforts to bring up comprehensive services for NCDs in rural Kenya within this thesis, I have specifically selected publications which target different aspects of the healthcare

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McHattie, Lorna W. "The impact of interventions on food hygiene knowledge and behaviour of social care staff and managers." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2005. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU199940.

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This was a multi-disciplinary thesis to examine the impact of current interventions (health education material, training, HACCP and inspection) on food hygiene knowledge and behaviour in social care organisations (SCOs), reviewing current practice and recommending the most effective food hygiene intervention. A systematic review identified and critically appraised the evidence for the effectiveness of current food hygiene interventions. Quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection were employed, such as structured and semi-structured postal questionnaires, focus groups of stakehold

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McDowell, Joan Rachel Somerville. "Management of Type 2 diabetes mellitus in primary care." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2014. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5139/.

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Background: The incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus (diabetes) is increasing globally. The majority of people have type 2 diabetes, initially managed by lifestyle changes and the gradual introduction of oral, followed by subcutaneous, medications. Due to the increasing numbers of people with type 2 diabetes, different models of care management have been utilised within the United Kingdom. One Health Board within Scotland received funding to undertake a service redesign whereby the responsibility of care for people with type 2 diabetes was transferred from secondary care to primary ca

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Feider, Laura Lee. "Survey of oral care practices for the orally intubated adult critically ill patient /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7305.

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Wilson, Caroline H. "The commodification of health care in Kerala, South India : science, consumerism and markets." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2010. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/2371/.

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In India, alongside Information Technology, health care has become a leading sector in the country‘s development as a 'knowledge economy' (World Bank 2005). One of the major achievements and beacons of economic reform is the growth of some of the most technologically advanced hospitals in the world. This thesis examines the social processes shaping the expansion of the private health care system in the state of Kerala, South India, where large corporate hospitals and 'super-speciality' medicine have spread throughout urban and many rural areas. It explores the intersections between the local a

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