Knowledge of final-year medical students at the University of the Free State of hand hygiene as a basic infection control measure by M. Bouwer, S. Labuschagne, S. Spamer, C. Vermaak, L-M. Zietsman, D. Steyn, G. Joubert

“…This study aimed to determine Free State University finalyear medical students’ knowledge of hand hygiene as a basic infection control measure.  Methods: This was a cross-sectional study using self-administered anonymous questionnaires. …”
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A cluster of cholera among patients in a Vietnamese district hospital in 2010 by Thuan Huu Vo, Ninh Hoang Le, J. Pekka Nuorti, Lan Trong Phan, Nguyen Nhu Tran Minh

“…Six cases were epidemiologically linked to the index case. Basic infection control practices were not in place at the hospital. …”
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Access to Essential Contraception, Family Planning, and Safe Motherhood Services During COVID-19 Pandemic: Single Secondary Level Care Hospital Experience by Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Soumen Das Poddar, Ganesh Saravagi, Ajith Nilakantan

“…CONCLUSION: Considering these negative impacts noted in this observation, with the help of policymakers, government, and other non-government agencies, all services should be made available to women including un-interrupted out-patient (OPD) and IPD services in all hospitals, along with continued basic infection prevention and control precautions (IPC) to both clientele and health care workers (HCW). …”
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An openEHR based infection control system to support monitoring of nosocomial bacterial clusters and contacts by Pascal Biermann, Claas Baier, Ann Christin Vietor, Benedikt Zacher, Tom Baumgartl, Tatiana von Landesberger, Michael Behnke, Michael Storck, Markus Petzold, Martin Kaase, HiGHmed lnfection Control Study Group, Dirk Schlüter, Michael Marschollek, Simone Scheithauer, Antje Wulff

“…It is an open-source software based on openEHR as an interoperability standard and was evaluated by assessing time efficiencies in performing basic infection control tasks (e.g., contact networks) and usability with the System Usability Scale (SUS). …”
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