OBJECTIVE To describe deaths due to drowning that involve the use of an infant bathtub seat or ring. DESIGN Case series, cases reported to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission data systems. Setting. United States, 1983-1995. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Death in which an infant bathtub seat or ring was in use at the time of death and the primary cause of death was drowning. RESULTS Thirty-t...

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Hot tub baths have become increasingly common in residences as well as hotels and spa facilities. Recently, such baths have been associated with an emerging disorder known as hot tub lung (HTL). HTL is a diffuse granulomatous lung disease caused by inhalation of water aerosol containing non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), in most cases belonging to the Mycobacterium avium complex [1]. Here, we ...

We undertook a systems engineering approach to evaluate housewide implementation of daily chlorhexidine bathing. We performed direct observations of the bathing process and conducted provider and patient surveys. The main outcome was compliance with bathing using a checklist. Fifty-seven percent of baths had full compliance with the chlorhexidine bathing protocol. Additional time was the main b...

abstract to determine the effects of different levels of drought stress on yield and yield components of corn hybrids as well as to determine the correlation between the characteristic and yield in different level of stress a experimental study was done in split plot with 15 corn hybrids placed in gharakheil. the main plot was contained different levels of stress(a1:irrigation after 50mm evapor...

INTRODUCTION Maintaining body temperature and reducing stress are important challenges in bathing preterm infants. Swaddle bathing, which includes in itself the principles of developmental care, can be used as a low-stress and appropriate bathing method for premature infants. Given the limitations of the researches carried out on this bathing method, the present study was conducted with the aim...