background injuries with sharps are common occupational hazards for healthcare workers. such injuries predispose the staff to dangerous infections such as hepatitis b, c and hiv. objectives the present study was conducted to investigate the behaviors of healthcare workers in kashan healthcare centers after needle sticks and injuries with sharps in 2012. materials and methods a cross-sectional s...

Four hepatitis C virus transmission chains at three dialysis units were disclosed by limited sequencing; three of these were disclosed by analysis of the NS5-B region of the genome. Dialysis on the same shift as that during which infected patients were dialyzed was the common factor for seven patients in two chains. Two nurses exposed to needle sticks and their sources of infection constituted ...

Alternate Shewhart-type statistical control charts, called "g" and "h" charts, are developed and evaluated for monitoring the number of cases between hospital-acquired infections and other adverse events, such as heart surgery complications, catheter-related infections, surgical site infections, contaminated needle sticks, and other iatrically induced outcomes. These new charts, based on invers...

Alternate Shewhart-type statistical control charts, called "g" and "ft" charts, are developed and evaluated for monitoring the number of cases between hospital-acquired infections and other adverse events, such as heart surgery complications, catheter-related infections, surgical site infections, contaminated needle sticks, and other iatrically induced outcomes. These new charts, based on inver...

Dear Editors, I read with interest the study by Phelan et al. [1]. The authors should be commended for their study evaluating the use of echo-enhanced needles in obtaining ultrasoundguided vascular access using a short-axis view. Historically, ultrasound has been used to guide needle, catheter and guidewire placement by radiologists but it now is being used increasingly by anaesthesiologists, e...

Abstract A good aromatherapy experience of an incense stick with filter material depended heavily on the barrier effect particles and comfort temperature aroma. The lack accurate methods to determine aroma greatly hindered quality control product development aromatherapy. In this study, a novel method was proposed measure negative coefficient thermistor needle thermocouple. experimental results...

BACKGROUND Injuries with sharps are common occupational hazards for healthcare workers. Such injuries predispose the staff to dangerous infections such as hepatitis B, C and HIV. OBJECTIVES The present study was conducted to investigate the behaviors of healthcare workers in Kashan healthcare centers after needle sticks and injuries with sharps in 2012. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-section...