Self-Administered Disposable Micro-Enemas before Outpatient Sigmoidoscopy

A randomised trial of hospital versus home administered enemas for flexible sigmoidoscopy.

For flexible sigmoidoscopy adequate preparation of the left side of the colon is essential. This is often achieved by administration of a phosphate enema by nursing staff in the endoscopy department. Patients may find the procedure embarrassing; it is also time consuming for the nurses. Home administered oral bowel preparation has been reported as safe, cheap, and effective, but no studies have...

Emergency Department Utilization During Self-Administered Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy

Bacterial contamination of nonsterile disposable gloves before use.

BACKGROUND After Bacillus cereus recovery in opened boxes of disposable gloves, the bacteriological contamination of disposable nonsterile gloves kept stored in native packages was investigated prospectively. METHODS Thirty-six commercially available nonsterile nonpowdered disposable gloves made of latex, vinyl, or nitrile were cultured. RESULTS A large variety of spore-forming and non-spor...

A disposable, self-contained PCR chip.

A disposable, self-contained polymerase chain reaction (PCR) chip with on-board stored, just-on-time releasable, paraffin-passivated, dry reagents is described. During both storage and sample preparation, the paraffin immobilizes and protects the stored reagents. Fluid flow through the reactor leaves the reagents undisturbed. Prior to the amplification step, the chamber is filled with target an...

Micro-organisms in outpatient infantile gastroenteritis.

This study reports the results of an examination of the stools of 58 infants with gastroenteritis who were seen as outpatients. The stools were examined by routine bacterial culture, and by electron microscopy for virus particles. The stools of a comparable control group of infants who had no gastrointestinal symptoms were also similarly examined. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, Salmonella s...