Health care worker hand contamination at critical moments in outpatient care settings

Mental health care in primary care settings.

Extent and predictors of microbial hand contamination in a tertiary care ophthalmic outpatient practice.

PURPOSE To measure the extent of microbial hand contamination among ophthalmologists during routine clinic practice and examine its association with hand cleansing practices and beliefs, glove use, and patient load. METHODS This was a single-masked analysis of resident and transient flora of ophthalmologists before and after patient examination and after handwashing by agar imprints of the do...

Statewide efforts to improve palliative care in critical care settings.

n a 2004 study, researchers found that almost 20% of American deaths occur in a critical care setting or shortly after a critical care stay. Historically, the focus of critical care has been primarily on curative therapies, and death has been viewed as failure. Now, awareness of the need to integrate palliative care in critical care settings has increased. The challenges to providing quality en...

New anticoagulants in critical care settings.

Thromboembolic events commonly occur in critically ill patients, and although they do not consistently present with specific signs and symptoms, they are associated with high morbity and mortality. Antithrombotic agents are the mainstay of the prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism, and they are also used for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation, embolism prevention in heart fai...

Critical Thinking Skills and Critical Thinking Dispositions in Freshmen and Senior Students of Health Care Management

Introduction: Nowadays, experts introduce critical thinking as the main outcome of higher education and consider teaching "how to think" as the basis for learning. This study compares the critical thinking skills and critical thinking dispositions in freshmen and senior students of health care management. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on a sample of 60 freshmen ...