Material and Methods: TASS occurring after uneventful coaxial phaco during May/June 2008 in eye department, Combined Military Hospital Kharian, were analyzed retrospectively in this case series. Clinical features, response to treatment and possible causes were checked during the outbreak (including intracamerally given drugs, irrigating solutions, intraocular lenses and washing/ sterilization t...

This study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and acceptability of transcervical applications of quinacrine along with other adjuvants, such as ampicillin and ibuprofen, for sterilization. The cohort consisted of 750 normal women who requested sterilization and volunteered for this method at the family planning clinic of a tertiary hospital and community clinics in Chittagong, Ban...

Although talc has been used as a pleurodesis agent since 1935, a sterilization protocol has not been established. We obtained USP asbestos-free talc from six different suppliers and sterilized each using dry heat, gamma irradiation, and ethylene oxide gas. Aerobic, anaerobic, and fungal cultures were obtained prior to sterilization, and 1, 30, and 90 days after sterilization. Bacillus species w...

The passage of the Virginia Sterilization Act of 1924 [4] demonstrates how science has been used to drive policy throughout history. In the case of the Virginia sterilization [5] law, the science used to draft the law was based on the principles of eugenics [6]. With the help of Harry Laughlin?s Model Sterilization Law [7], the state of Virginia was able to pass its own law allowing sterilizati...

As the world is facing a Covid-19 pandemic, this virus teaches lesson about importance of on-site disinfection. On-site disinfection/sterilization with real-time monitoring biomedical waste generated from medical facilities mandatory to prevent hospital-acquired infection (HAI). In study, life cycle assessment two technologies, i.e., microwave (radiation-based) and autoclave (steam-based) were ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the expected probability of pregnancy after hysteroscopic versus laparoscopic sterilization based on available data using decision analysis. STUDY DESIGN We developed an evidence-based Markov model to estimate the probability of pregnancy over 10 years after three different female sterilization procedures: hysteroscopic, laparoscopic silicone rubber band application and l...

CONTEXT In India, female sterilization accounts for 66% of contraceptive use, and age at sterilization is declining. It is likely that some women regret having been sterilized, but data on the prevalence of, and the social and economic correlates of, regret at the national level are insufficient. METHODS Data for analysis came from 30,999 sterilized women aged 15-49 interviewed in the 2005-20...

OBJECTIVE To assess methods of sterilization in dental practices in Karachi and secondly to investigate methods of monitoring sterilization in dental practices in Karachi, Pakistan. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional, descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Dental colleges, hospitals and private clinics of Karachi, Pakistan, from January to March 2013. METHODOLOGY A total of 251 question...