introduction: surgical site infection is one of the most common nosocomial infections and today it is believed that this infection caused by bacterias which penetrate into the wound during operation. surgery team members who have much contact with surgical site tissues, can control this infection by observing infection control principles. this study was done in order to determine performance ra...

aim : to evaluate the possible long-term effects of helicobacter pylori infection on hemoglobin a1c and fasting blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes. background : helicobacter pylori causes the gastrointestinal tract inflammation, which it plays an important role in distortion of glucose and lipids absorption that altered lipid metabolism and energy harvesting and develops type 2...

The goal of a dental infection control program is to provide a safe working environment that will reduce the risk of health care-associated infections among patients and occupational exposures among staff members. Minimizing the potential for percutaneous sharps injuries is a primary focus for a comprehensive infection control program. This article will review the advantages of using instrument...

Cleaning and disinfection practices of environmental surfaces are critical interventions for reducing health care-associated infections. We studied the value of ready-to-use cleaning and disinfection wipes compared with the traditional towel and bucket method. When using ready-to-use wipes, we found compliance to be significantly higher, a more rapid cleaning and disinfection process, and poten...

As I say in the paper, there is a second linearity or knife-edge or razor-edge critique. First popularized in a short review article by Jones (1999), and further elaborated in Jones (2005), it consists of the claim that to sterilize the (strong) scale effect the models proposed by DinopoulosThompson (1998), Peretto (1998), Young (1998), and Howitt (1999), assume that the mass of products/firms,...