Animal visitation in acute care medical facilities

Guidelines for animal-assisted interventions in health care facilities.

Many hospitals and long-term care facilities in North America currently permit animals to visit with their patients; however, the development of relevant infection control and prevention policies has lagged, due in large part to the lack of scientific evidence regarding risks of patient infection associated with animal interaction. This report provides standard guidelines for animal-assisted in...

Medical prescription pitfalls of acute upper respiratory infections in government health care facilities in Zambia

Prescribing of medicines is one of the most important clinical task that is complex and consists of a mixture of sub-competences such as principles of clinical pharmacology, knowledge, skill, critical judgement among many others. Prescription errors, potentially serious and non-serious, have been reported in the United Kingdom hospitals among both junior and senior doctors. The aim of this stud...

Reuse of single-use medical devices in Canadian acute-care healthcare facilities, 2001.

Skilled Nursing Facilities and Post Acute Care

The rapid growth in the number of the elderly has created an unprecedented challenge to the current health system. Taking care of the frail elderly continue to face significant barriers achieving the desired and optimal care. The elderly are most vulnerable for higher rate of complications in the post acute care of their illness either due to mental, physical or psychosocial impairments, requir...

[Prevention of spreading of avian influenza in medical care facilities].

Republička stručna komisija za nadzor nad bolničkim infekcijama Ministarstva zdravlja Republike Srbije je, na osnovu najnovijih preporuka Svetske zdravstvene organizacije , inovirala već postojeće preporuke za prevenciju širenja ptičjeg gripa u zdravstvenim ustanovama 2 koje su bile pripremljene prema postojećim preporukama Svetske zdravstvene organizacije 3 i Centara za kontrolu zaraznih boles...