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Hygiene (2):
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Hygiene
Harvard Men's Health Watch (15)11 2011
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The guide is intended for all those interested in measuring human nasal airflow by rhinomanometry, either for clinical or research purposes. The guide is written in non-technical language so that it may be understood by nursing and support staff who may need to make measurements usin...
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PMID: 21468367
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An observational study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Isospora suis oocysts in fecal samples from suckling piglets in Ontario, and to evaluate the relationship between the presence of I. suis oocysts and diarrhea. Fifty farms and 709 litters of piglets were included in the study. Oocyst...
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PMID: 21532828
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The hygiene hypothesis was proposed more than two decades ago, but its mechanism remains unclear. This review focuses on recent advances in the field, especially on the role played by dendritic cells (DCs) and their modulating effects on various infections and allergic diseases, incl...
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PMID: 21200379
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Cleaning of wounds is considered as the most important part of the local treatment. A contaminated wound is conceived as a poorly healing one, and cleaning has been a natural part of the local treatment already prior to the understanding of wound healing mechanisms on the cellular level. Modern syste...
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PMID: 21834341
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Acute external otitis is a painful inflammation of the skin of the ear canal, usually caused by bacteria. It occurs typically in the summer time, predisposed by humidity and heat. Cleaning and corticosteroid/antibiotic drops almost always ease swelling and pain in the ear canal in a couple of days. P...
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PMID: 21834335
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British Journal of Nursing (20)13 2011
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Incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) is a common skin disorder in patients with faecal and/or urinary incontinence. The past decade has seen a huge growth in publications focusing on the complexity and inconsistency of the clinical observation of IAD and the differentiation betwe...
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PMID: 21841685
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Rivista Urologia (78)1 2011
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The aim of this article is to describe the circumcision procedure during history, its therapeutic and preventive goals, with focus on bioethical, economic and law issues. The origins of this practice are lost in antiquity. It was performed since 3000 BC by the Egyptians for hygienic and religious rea...
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PMID: 21452153
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Igiene e sanita pubblica (67)1 2011
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Viral hepatitis A and B are serious public health problems all over the world. Effective prophylactic measures and improvement in the hygienic and sanitary conditions have considerably modified the diseases trend, characterized by high prevalence levels in developing countries. In this paper the epid...
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PMID: 21468158
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Biological contamination of environmental objects was monitored in 245 monitoring points of the region according to the monitoring observation program. In 2005-2008, the proportion of drinking water samples from the distributing network of household water supply systems, which meet no hygienic standa...
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PMID: 21845773
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The maintenance and development of the centralized household underground water supply system in the closed administrative-territorial entity Seversk, Tomsk Region, when the aquifers are inadequately protected and there is a hydrological association of individual aquifers with polluted surface waters...
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PMID: 21598639
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On October 19, 2010, the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) was notified of unusually high numbers of patients from Artibonite and Centre departments who had acute watery diarrhea and dehydration, in some cases leading to death. Within 4 days, the National Public Health Laborato...
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PMID: 21085088
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Nonhygienic behavior likely contributed to three recreational waterborne illness (RWI) outbreaks at Idaho splash parks. The study described in this article examined the influence of signage and hygiene attendant presence on rates of nonhygienic behavior among children at splash parks and knowledge a...
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PMID: 21133310
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Viral infection activates both the innate and adaptive immunity and is implicated as a trigger of autoimmune diseases including Hashimoto's thyroiditis. This review summarizes our knowledge respecting the role of viral infection in the cause of Hashimoto's thyroiditis....
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PMID: 20625285
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Journal of Dairy Science (93)10 2010
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This cross-sectional study evaluated cow comfort measures in free stall dairies across the United States as part of the National Animal Health Monitoring System's Dairy 2007 study. The study was conducted in 17 states and evaluations were completed between March 5 and September 5, 2007. Assessors re...
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PMID: 20855001
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Health care workers reported a significant improvement in hand hygiene knowledge and self-assessed compliance with hand hygiene behaviors. Most (97%) of the participating health care workers reported that the program was effective in improving clinical compliance behaviors. CONCLUSION: The results o...
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PMID: 20540459
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Health facilities management (23)10 2010
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Tijdschrift voor diergeneeskunde (135)19 2010
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Journal of Food Protection (73)10 2010
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Sources and risk factors for contamination, survival, persistence, and heat resistance of Salmonella in low-moisture foods are reviewed. Processed products such as peanut butter, infant formula, chocolate, cereal products, and dried milk are characteristically low-water-activity foods and do not sup...
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PMID: 21067682
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In September 2009, the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) identified an outbreak of Salmonella gastroenteritis among attendees at a reception. A case-control study and environmental and laboratory investigations were conducted. Nine case-patients and 14 control subjects were identified. P...
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PMID: 20814404
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To evaluate whether changes in attack rates of fecal-orally transmitted diseases among travelers are related to changes in pretravel vaccination practices or better hygienic standards at travel destination.
National surveillance data on all laboratory-confirmed cases of travel-related hepatitis A, s...
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PMID: 20920053
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We evaluate the need for a holistic approach to address this issue and make recommendations for this cause.
Copyright © 2010 International Society for Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved....
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PMID: 20399129
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The results from this study showed that the prevalence of intestinal helminthiasis was significantly affected by various behavioural risk factors. The rate of helminthic infection varied significantly with hand washing habits after defeacation (chi2 = 75.77; df= 2; p = 0.001) and with different habi...
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PMID: 20857787
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We are born, our skin is exposed to an unknown environment. Its development is predominantly based on characteristics which are inherent to the various age phases of life. Totally covering a human being, it acts as a protector throughout its lifetime, without ever being protected itself....
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PMID: 20963974
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The range of care provided to patients by the dermatology nursing team is wide. Alleviation of pain and itching, improvement of skin integrity through hygiene care and local treatments, the cleaning of wounds and the changing of dressings, psychological treatment and therapeutic education are the ma...
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PMID: 20963980
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Currently there have reported pandemic (H1N1) 2009 over 200 countries and areas globally with more than 16,813 victims according to World Health Organization. Demographic characterization of those cases seemed to be consistent around the world that is higher incidence among school age children and h...
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PMID: 20845735
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The efforts made by the government of Japan and its people to prevent and control the spread of the disease and to limit its health impact had three major characteristics: (1) Suspension of schools in wide geographical areas particularly at the early stage of the outbreak. (2) High proportion of the...
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PMID: 20845734
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Tijdschrift voor diergeneeskunde (135)16 2010
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Upon completion of this activity, the learner will be able to:1. Differentiate between the two types of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)--HA-MRSA and CA-MRSA. 2. Describe evidence-based management of MRSA infections. 3. Describe the epidemiology and clinical manifestations of MRSA...
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PMID: 20691008
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Public Health (124)8 2010
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To determine the prevalence of food contamination in the fast food restaurants operating in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.
Three hundred and fifty food handlers were selected by means of a systematic sampling method and interviewed using a semi-structured researcher-administered questionnaire. One...
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PMID: 20630547
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The present study aimed to document quantitatively and qualitatively the contamination by thermotolerant Campylobacter spp. of turkey samples during slaughtering. Four Campylobacter-positive turkey flocks were investigated at the slaughterhouse at three different stages: evisceration (cecal content)...
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PMID: 20615332
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Provincial broiler-chicken marketing boards in Canada have recently implemented an on-farm food safety program called Safe, Safer, Safest. The purpose of this study was to measure broiler chicken producers' attitudes toward the program and food safety topics and use of highly recommended good produc...
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PMID: 20615340
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Cooking butter is one of the most popular types of fat consumed in Egyptian houses. It is produced in villages by rural women that are usually using their traditional knowledge during manufacturing.
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PMID: 21326975
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To determine 1) the degree of soil contamination by parasites; 2) the prevalence of contaminated samples; 3) the overall number of parasitic forms, by distance between the collection site and the domicile; 4) the mean number of parasite forms per peri-household area; and 5) the variables associated...
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PMID: 20721441
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Surgical cold sterile solutions are commonly used in veterinary practice, yet sterility cannot be verified under practical clinical conditions. Surgical cold sterile solutions were sampled and bacteria, including opportunistic pathogens, were recovered from 13% of the sampled solutions. Attempts to...
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PMID: 20808576
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Sexual Health (7)2 2010
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While the results from these studies indicate that women are able to find ways to cope successfully with the logistics of wearing and caring for an intravaginal device, further supportive evidence from a woman-centred perspective is crucial for reproductive health policymakers and program managers....
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PMID: 20465980
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The increased interest in healthcare-associated infection (HCAI) among the public, patients and politicians has led to the development of potential new approaches to its prevention by industrial concerns and others. Such developments include better methods of assessing hospital hygiene, enhanced dec...
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PMID: 21125062
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Ciencia and Saude Coletiva (15 Suppl 1) 2010
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The main objective of this research is to understand the meaning of the practices concerning food hygiene in a street market in Salvador, the capital of Bahia State in Brazil. The ethnographic study presents two main categories for symbolic production related to hygiene practices: cleanliness as ord...
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PMID: 20640322
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Poor hygiene practices and inadequate sanitary conditions play major roles in the increased burden of communicable diseases within developing countries. This study evaluated the KAP of hygiene among rural school children in Ethiopia and assessed the extent to which proper knowledge of hygiene was ass...
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PMID: 21155409
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We do not completely understand the function of most of these genetic variants, however, there is good evidence that most of them are associated with the recognition and detection of luminal bacteria as well as defence against this microbiota. The important role of intestinal bacteria for the onset...
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PMID: 20485257
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We set out to investigate the perception and practices of genital hygiene among fishermen working on the beaches along Lake Victoria, targeted for a topical male microbicide hygiene intervention. We conducted 12 focus group discussions involving fishermen (n = 130), recording the discussions in Dhol...
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PMID: 20606226
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Preventive Veterinary Medicine (95)1-2 2010
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Our objective was to determine the risk factors associated with bacteriological quality of bulk tank milk. Bulk tank milk samples were collected from all Prince Edward Island dairy herds (n=235) from March 2005 to March 2007. Biweekly total bacterial, preliminary incubation, laboratory pasteurizatio...
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PMID: 20381889
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This study evaluated the effect of plugging the anuses of pork carcasses prior to scalding and dehairing on Enterobacteriaceae contamination on pork carcass surfaces. Results showed that Enterobacteriaceae counts around the anuses of unplugged carcasses increased by 1.15 log CFU/cm(2) after the scal...
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PMID: 20537268
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We surveyed parents of children aged younger than 3 years in Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network sites. We defined exposure as answering yes to one of a series of questions asking if packages of raw meat or poultry were near a child in a shopping cart, or if a child was in the cart basket...
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PMID: 20537266
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Globally, foodborne illness affects an estimated 30% of individuals annually. Meals prepared outside of the home are a risk factor for acquiring foodborne illness and have been implicated in up to 70% of traced outbreaks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called on food safety commu...
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PMID: 20537267
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We report a rare case of myiasis caused simultaneously by three dipterous species. A 54 yr-old indigent patient was admitted to Andaraí Hospital with painful eruptions on the scalp. The parieto-occipital sulcus showed two lesions caused by scratching associated with deep, odoriferous and exudative...
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PMID: 20496599
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Keeping skin healthy is particularly important for patients and all health-care personnel as any break in the skin can potentially harbour bacteria that may become a cross-infection risk to patients. When skin is damaged it is more difficult to remove microrganisms even when staff follow the recomme...
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PMID: 20453823
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The Nurse Practitioner (35)5 2010
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Veterinary Record (166)18 2010
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