Applications include the protection of solar cells on low orbit satellites from solar VUV photons. (C) 2009 American Institute of Physics. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3131822]“
“Objective-To establish baseline data on rates of hand hygiene behavior, evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention aimed at improving hand hygiene, and determine whether methods similar to those applied in human LY2603618 hospitals to improve hand hygiene can be successfully applied
in a small animal veterinary hospital.
Design-Prospective observational study.
Sample-568 and 187 observations of interactions between small animal patients and veterinary health-care providers before and after, respectively, educational intervention.
Procedures-Proper hand hygiene practices were defined as use of antibacterial foam or hand washing before or after physical interactions between health-care providers (veterinary medical faculty members, residents, interns, students, and technicians) and patients or proper use of gloves. Data were collected by anonymous direct
observation. After an initial observation period, a multimodal educational campaign promoted proper hand hygiene with specific attention to increasing use of antibacterial foam. Two months later, data on proper hand hygiene practices after intervention were collected.
Results-At baseline, 117 of 568 (20.6%) interactions met criteria for proper hand hygiene practices; after intervention, a significantly greater proportion (78/187 [41.7%]) of interactions met criteria for proper hand hygiene practices. Use of antibacterial LOXO-101 mw foam significantly increased from 34 of 568 (6.0%) to 67 of 187 (35.8%) interactions. Health-care providers were 4.1 times as likely to wash their hands with soap and water or to use antibacterial foam on their hands after the intervention than before AZD8055 the intervention.
Conclusions and Clinical
Relevance-Initial low rates of proper hand hygiene practices at baseline were improved substantially 2 months after implementing a low-cost multimodal educational campaign. (J Am Vet Med Assoc 2012;240:61-64)”
“ObjectiveTo examine the factors associated with the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as reported by patients attending an adult sickle cell clinic at a tertiary institution.
DesignCross-sectional survey.
SettingThis study was conducted in a university tertiary care adult sickle cell clinic.
SubjectsAdult sickle cell patients.
MethodFollowing Institutional Review Board approval, a questionnaire was administered to patients in a sickle cell clinic to examine their use of CAM for managing pain at home and while admitted to the hospital.
ResultsOf the 227 respondents who completed the questionnaire, 92% experienced pain lasting from 6 months to more than 2 years. Two hundred and eight (91.6%) indicated that they have used CAM within the last 6 months to control pain.