BACKGROUND The proportion of outpatient surgeries performed in physician offices has been increasing over time, raising concern about the impact on outcomes. OBJECTIVE To use a private insurance claims database to compare 7-day and 30-day hospitalization rates following relatively complex outpatient surgical procedures across physician offices, freestanding ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), ...

Technology advancements have made possible the implementation of embedded systems within appliances used in offices, industries and home. The automation system improves the lifestyle of the control of the devices at offices, colleges, industries and home. This seminar presents a possible solution whereby the user controls devices by employing a central Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) contr...

BACKGROUND A workplace's design can have various positive or negative effects on the employees and since the 1970s the advantages and disadvantages of open-plan offices have been discussed. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate perceived health, work environment and self-estimated productivity one month before and at three, six and twelve months after relocation from individual o...

In Germany, the noise in offices in which mentally demanding tasks are performed, must not exceed an A-weighted energyequivalent level of 55 dB(A). In the framework of a larger study, the noise climate in a number of open plan offices has been investigated. It was found that open plan offices which are rated “quiet” show on the average a percentile loudness of N5 = 5soneGD corresponding to pink...

The risk of infectious disease transmission is an inherent part of dental practice. Fortunately, such risks can be greatly reduced through modern infection control practices. Such practices include the use of various measures, including administrative, engineering, and work practice controls. Such measures should be codified in an office infection control plan, which should form the basis for t...

KEY FINDINGS Data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2012 •Physician office visit rates for well care were lower for school-aged (those aged 6-11 years) children (31 per 100 population) and adolescents aged 12-17 years (29 per 100 population) than for younger children (349 and 74 per 100 population for children under age 1 year and 1-5 years, respectively). •Visit rates for well ...