Annual Report of the Poison Control Centre, Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt, 2012
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Epidemiologic pattern of falls among inpatients in Ain Shams University Hospitals in Cairo, Egypt.
BACKGROUND Patient falls and injuries during hospitalization is a good quality indicator of safety of inpatients. Data on inpatients falls are deficient in Egyptian hospitals. Ain Shams university hospitals do not have any recording system for falls. AIM This study aimed at estimating the incidence density of falls and describing pattern and risk factors contributing to falls in Ain shams uni...
متن کاملRoad risk-perception and pedestrian injuries among students at Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
BACKGROUND Road traffic injuries (RTIs) constitute 45% of injury mortality in Egypt; 75% of these injuries are pedestrians related. Traditionally, research on road traffic safety has focused on the traffic environment and the vehicles. However, little attention has been given to road risky behaviors and perceptions of road safety by pedestrians as risk factors associated with high pedestrian in...
متن کاملKnowledge of periconceptional folic acid use among pregnant women at Ain Shams University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.
Egypt has a high incidence of neural tube defects. Folic acid supplementation in the periconceptional period is known to lower the risk of such defects. This cross-sectional study aimed to measure the level of knowledge about periconceptional folic acid use among pregnant women attending for antenatal care at Ain Shams University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt in 2012. Questionnaires were filled throug...
متن کاملHepatitis C virus infection and risk factors in health-care workers at Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt.
The objectives of this study were to document the background prevalence and incidence of HCV infection among HCWs in Ain Shams University Hospitals in Cairo and analyse the risk factors for HCV infection. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2008 among 1770 HCWs. Anti-HCV prevalence was age-standardized using the Cairo population. A prospective cohort was followed for a period of 18 months...
متن کاملAssessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of hand washing among health care workers in Ain Shams University hospitals in Cairo.
Most nosocomial infections are thought to be transmitted by the hands of health care workers. The aim of this work was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of hand washing among health care workers (HCW) in Ain-Shams University hospitals and to investigate the presence of the necessary facilities and supplies required for hand washing (HW) in ten wards. A cross-sectional descriptive a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ain Shams Journal of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2636-3356
DOI: 10.21608/ajfm.2013.19165