background and purpose:     method:     results     conclusion     key words     journal of medical education winter and spring 2008; 12 (1,2): 11-15 : dreem, e ducational e nvironment , c linical w ards , c linical s taff . : the overall educational environment score of major clinical wards for undergraduate is excellent. internal medicine ward got the least score in all three subscales that n...

OBJECTIVE To assess the microbial contamination of disinfectants and antiseptics in major hospitals on the Caribbean island of Trinidad. METHODS For this cross-sectional study, disinfectants and antiseptics were sampled from the pharmacy departments, the pediatric/neonatal wards, and the surgical wards of four hospitals. The samples were cultured for aerobic bacteria on nutrient agar using th...

Introduction Trauma presents a significant global health burden. Death resulting from trauma remains high in low income countries despite a steady decrease in developed countries. Analysis of the pattern of death will enable intervention to reduce these deaths from trauma in developing countries. This study aims to present the pattern of trauma-related deaths in the surgical wards of University...

Results: During the baseline period, the antibiotic therapy of 77 surgical and 32 internal medicine patients was reviewed. On average, the pharmacist re-evaluated the choice of antibiotics three times during the course of treatment. On the surgical wards optimal treatment was achieved in 42% of scored therapies. The most frequent deviations were 1) choice of antibiotics (28%) and 2) route of ad...

A six month prospective study of nosocomial lower respiratory tract infection was conducted in four general surgery wards and one urological surgery ward. Thirty eight cases were identified, representing 1% of the surgical admissions to these wards. Twenty eight of the infections followed abdominal surgery. Six patients died, five of whom had pre-existing cardiorespiratory disease. Potential pa...