background studies showed that hbv vaccination and consequent level of antibody are not completely adequate among dentists despite performance of highly exposure prone procedures. objectives the objectives of the study were to evaluate the levels of responsiveness to hbv vaccine and to determine the occupational factors associated among dental staff. materials and methods in total, 1612 dental ...

background and purpose: hand contamination is an important factor of infection transmission from dental staff to patients and vice versa. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of hand washing training on dental students’ knowledge, attitude, and clinical practice at the shahid beheshti university of medical sciences dental school in 2010. methods: this quasi-experimental study was c...

o bjectives: the purpose of this experimental study was to compare the disinfection efficacy of sodium hypochlorite and peroxygenic acid (virkon) solutions for dental stone casts contaminated with microbial strains . materials and methods : a total of 960 spherical stone beads with a diameter of 10 mm were prepared and used as carriers of bacterial inoculums. they were individually inoculated b...

conclusions this study showed that preventive measures, including pe implementation, reduce ifi incidence in patients with cin, admitted in a hospital in a developing country. this suggests that those strategies may overcome their costs on the long-term, by saving costs associated with fungal infections. patients and methods we conducted a quasi-experimental study to evaluate an institutional i...

background although iranian women increasingly attend hospitals for childbirth, no information is available on programs and practices related to infection control in labor and delivery units. conclusions the results of this study revealed a need for development of appropriate policies and protocols for infection control practices in labor and delivery units and also midwives training on clean d...

ebola hemorrhagic fever (ehf) was first reported in 1976 with two concurrent outbreaks of acute viral hemorrhagic fever centered in yambuku (near the ebola river), democratic republic of congo, and also in nzara, sudan. the current outbreak of the ebola virus was started by reporting the first case in march 2014 in the forest regions of southeastern guinea. due to raising infection rates of ove...

conclusion hepatitis b vaccination of all nonimmune healthcare workers and measuring hbsab after vaccination can reduce the risk of nosocomial transmission of hbv to medical staff. furthermore, the risk of blood-borne disease transmission can be reduced by educating medical personnel on effective methods of reducing the risk of nssis as well as taking appropriate measures when nssis occur. resu...

background hiv/aids and tuberculosis (tb) are major contributors to the burden of disease in sub-saharan africa. the two diseases have been described as a harmful synergy as they are biologically and epidemiologically linked. control of tb/hiv co-infection is an integral and most challenging part of both national tb and national hiv control programmes, especially in contexts of instability wher...

background a doctor’s competence and professionalism is often judged on the basis of attire. our lady of lourdes (olol) is a leading irish hospital in the implementation of bare below the elbows (bbte) policy, however surgical attire is not standardised and there is great variability in attire worn on wards. we aimed to evaluate patients attitude towards surgeons attire in olol.   methods a pro...