Metrology part 1: definition of quality criteria

Nosocomial Infections: The Definition Criteria

nosocomial infections: the definition criteria

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part 1: simple definition and calculation of accuracy, sensitivity and specificity

emergency physicians, like other specialists, are faced with different patients and various situations each day. they have to use ancillary diagnostic tools like laboratory tests and imaging studies to be able to manage them. in most cases, numerous tests are available. tests with the least error and the most accuracy are more desirable. the power of a test to separate patients from healthy one...

Nosocomial Infections: The Definition Criteria

In 1988, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published two articles on nosocomial infections (NIs) and certain types of NIs’ criteria for surveillance purposes. Nosocomial infections refer to any systemic or localized conditions that result from the reaction by an infectious agent or toxin.1 The infection is developing in all high, middle and low income countries. The CDC estim...

Self-Awareness Part 1: Definition, Measures, Effects, Functions, and Antecedents

Self-awareness represents the capacity of becoming the object of one’s own attention. In this state one actively identifies, processes, and stores information about the self. This paper surveys the selfawareness literature by emphasizing definition issues, measurement techniques, effects and functions of self-attention, and antecedents of self-awareness. Key self-related concepts (e.g., minimal...