Abstract Background This study aimed at determining the effectiveness of an innovative approach using interprofessional simulation scenarios (IPSS) in improving knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) hospital-acquired infection control (HAIC) among health professionals. Methods The interventional was conducted a teaching hospital Malaysia. Purposive sampling used to recruit participants from s...

Background: Pressure lesions are chronic wounds causing the development of infection and inflammation into deeper structures finally necrosis. In Persian medicine, Alkanna orientalis (Boraginaceae) has been used for centuries as a naturally derived remedy managing lesions. A cross-sectional pilot clinical trial was conducted to assess wound healing effect an ointment made chloroform extract roo...

This paper reports on the findings of a user trial of a mHealth application for pressure ulcer (bedsore) documentation. Pressure ulcers are a leading iatrogenic cause of death in developed countries and significantly impact quality of life for those affected. Pressure ulcers will be an increasing public health concern as the population ages. Electronic information systems are being explored to ...

We intended to develop a desired ointment base suitable for treatment of bedsores including the proliferation of granulation and epidermis. The main bedsore bacteria detected in our hospital were S. aureus in gram-positive coccus and P. aeruginosa in gram-negative bacillus. As the macrogol ointment (MO) was found to have bactericidal effects on these bacteria, MO was adopted as the base for the...

Abstract—Elderly population in the world is increasing, and consequently, their nursing burden is also increasing. In such situations, monitoring and evaluating their daily action facilitates efficient nursing care. Especially, we focus on an unconscious activity during sleep, i.e. turnover. Monitoring turnover during sleep is essential to evaluate various conditions related to sleep. Bedsores ...

Introdução: O uso de adaptações para posicionamento no leito é pertinente diante do processo internação, dentre elas estão as superfícies suporte, que possuem objetivo aliviar e/ou redistribuir a pressão corpo. Objetivo: identificar e analisar evidências científicas acerca da eficácia das suporte na prevenção lesão por em pacientes hospitalizados. Método: Este estudo uma revisão sistemática qua...

Acute cerebral hemorrhage accounts for approximately 25% of strokes for elderly patients. Consequently, treatments to improve prognosis should be identified. The aim of the present study was to examine the clinical values of the application of clinical nursing pathway for patients with acute cerebral hemorrhage. Between January 2013 and January 2015, 92 patients diagnosed with acute intracerebr...

William T Wake, MD, fAAfP, is a Physician in the Department of Family Medicine and Department of Continuing Care at the Baldwin Park Medical Center in CA. E-mail: [email protected]. Introduction Pressure ulcer treatment is one of many aspects of patient care in which nursing care interfaces directly with clinician-provided medical services. Traditionally, the treatment of pressure ulcers ha...

CONTEXT Pressure ulcers are common in a variety of patient settings and are associated with adverse health outcomes and high treatment costs. OBJECTIVE To systematically review the evidence examining interventions to prevent pressure ulcers. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SELECTION MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CINAHL (from inception through June 2006) and Cochrane databases (through issue 1, 2006) were sea...