OBJECTIVE To understand the practices related to late-onset sepsis (LOS) in the centers of the Brazilian Neonatal Research Network, and to propose strategies to reduce the incidence of LOS. METHODS This was a cross-sectional descriptive multicenter study approved by the Ethics Committee. Three questionnaires regarding hand hygiene, vascular catheters, and diagnosis/treatment of LOS were sent ...

background: to investigate the status of the nuclear medicine (nm) centers in iran for the performance of dose calibrators, 18 out of 54 centers providing nm services in iran were randomly selected and inspected in 1997. in the first phase of the study the selected centers were inspected for performing of quality control (qc) tests of dose calibrators. the linearity of the activity response, pr...

The extensive utilization of paraprofessionals as therapeutic agents in National Institute of Mental Health (N.I.M.H.) funded community mental health centers (Gottesfeld, Rhee and Parker, 1970; Levenson and Reff, 1970; Sobey, 1970), has brought much attention to the need for inservice staff development (Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health, 1961; Riessman, 1967; Sobey, 1970). The impor...