Background: During second week of February, 2021 several cases food poisoning were reported from hostels a tertiary healthcare facility, thus this epidemiological investigation was undertaken, to confirm existence outbreak, describe as per person, place, time and predominant source, identify the attributes associated with outbreak. Methods: To investigate suspected an online unmatched case cont...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine the oral health status and treatment needs of elderly hostel residents in Melbourne. METHOD One hundred and seventy-five subjects aged 65+ were selected from 20 hostels within a 10 km radius of Melbourne's central business district. RESULTS Subjects were clinically examined and interviewed using a standard questionnaire. In the course of...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Health risks associated with tobacco consumption (TC) are well known. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and causality of tobacco consumption among adolescents. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted with 6577 participants aged 12 to 20 years from 21 schools and colleges in Pune during year 2005/6. Data on socio demographic profile, family memb...

nurse training, and staffing problems generally. In discussing nurse training developments the hope is expressed that training schools will make every effort to try out the experimental syllabuses which have been drawn up by the General Nursing Council. The standard training of mental deficiency nurses in particular, is noted as being completely divorced from the actual work they are called upo...

AIMS to investigate the prevalence of and interrelationship between cognitive impairment and behavioural problems in older people in residential care. SUBJECTS all those aged 65 years and over resident on one night in any type of residential care within the Leicestershire District Health Authority. METHODS an assessment form for each resident was completed by care staff. The assessment incl...

The Extension of Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) project is a novel educational intervention designed in New Mexico to transfer subspecialty knowledge about hepatitis C virus (HCV) to primary care providers, thereby increasing patient access to HCV care. The ECHO model has been shown to deliver educational benefits and to result in good treatment outcomes for HCV-infected individuals in th...

Kitchen (food waste) was collected from hostels of Cancer Hospital & Research Institute (CHRI), Gwalior’s Mess as feedstock for bio-reactor which works as anaerobic digester system to produce biogas energy. Production of biogas ,used as energy source, will be more cost effective, eco-friendly, cut down on landfill waste, generate a high-quality renewable fuel, and reduce CH4 and CO2 emissions, ...