PURPOSE Peer-reviewed professional publications were examined for pertinent information associated with faculty shortages in the dental professions. The review found 6 suggested causes, including inadequate compensation, lack of diversity amongst faculty, inadequate mentoring for new faculty, lack of modeling to prospective dental hygiene educators, little awareness of faculty shortages and lac...

In October 2011, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the end of the cytarabine shortage. Cytarabine is the key chemotherapy drug for the management of leukemia in children and adults, particularly acute myeloid leukemia, and the announcement by the FDA of an end to this 11-month crisis was good news. However, in July 2011, we started experiencing shortages of daunorubicin, anoth...

In past decades, pharmaceutical supply chains (PSC) have become increasingly fragmented and complex making them more susceptible to chain (SC) risks. This has manifested in a growing number of drug shortages around the world which presents great challenge many national healthcare systems. PSC models provide crucial decision support can facilitate efforts avoid or manage such stockout situations...

Several hospitals face nurse staffi ng shortages for surgeries. This research focuses on building a system with a Baxter robot capable of identifying surgical tools using computer vision and delivering them to the surgeon on demand. This would deal with the issue of nurse unavailability during simple surgical procedures. The key aspects of the project were testing the accuracies of various arti...

CONTEXT Physician shortages are appearing, yet controversy about their significance and uncertainty about their remedy exist. OBJECTIVES To sample the perceptions of medical school deans and state medical society executives about the adequacy of physician supply, to determine the perceived impact of any shortages on medical schools, and to assess the capacity of medical schools to expand. D...

Background. The purpose of this study was to explore healthcare providers' perspectives on antiretroviral (ART) adherence in two ART clinics in southern Malawi. Nonadherence to ART is a significant hindrance to the success of HIV/AIDS treatment. Methods. A one-on-one semistructured interview was conducted with eight healthcare providers in two ART clinics in rural and urban southern Malawi. The...

background good drug regulation requires an effective system for monitoring and inspection of manufacturing and sales units. in india, despite widespread agreement on this principle, ongoing shortages of drug inspectors have been identified by national committees since 1975. the growth of india’s pharmaceutical industry and its large export market makes the problem more acute.   methods the foc...

INTRODUCTION Schistosomiasis is one of the neglected tropical diseases targeted for elimination in Uganda through the Mass Drug Administration (MDA) programme. Praziquantel has been distributed using community resource persons in fixed sites and house-to-house visits; however the uptake is still below target coverage. In 2011/2012 MDA exercise, uptake stood at 50% yet WHO target coverage is 75%...