Acknowledgement Sincere appreciation now is expressed to the many volunteer workers and other persons, without whose cooperation and assistance the various aspects of this study would not have been possible, Special thanks are due Dr. Mamie JO Jones, and her staff, of the Georgia Department of Education, Services for Exceptional Children, and to Mrs. Louise Stewart, Executive Secretary, Georgia...

bilirubin induced brain damage is still a common cause of morbidity and mortality in nigerian infants. no much success has been recorded in decades despite the fact that brain damage from bilirubin toxicity in the newborn is easily preventable with affordable and effective means. we report a case of a newborn with acute bilirubin encephalopathy. this case was considered of interest because the ...

background and objective: needle stick injuries (nsis) are a common potential risk for healthcare workers. the aim of this study was to evaluate preventive interventions against needle stick injury incidents among hcws.   methods: seven hospitals in the iranian chaharmahal-va-bakhtiari province were surveyed between march 2008 to march 2013. data of the needle stick injuries of healthcare worke...

background: nowadays medical equipment plays an important role in the treatment and in the medical education. using outdated preventive maintenance (pm) system may cause problems in the cutting edge medical equipment, nervous system disease’s equipment (in diagnosis and treatment) which are crucial for every medical center. based on above facts we focused on nervous system treat units’ equipmen...