BACKGROUND A high injury prevalence has been reported among veterinarians. Studies describing the factors associated with injury have been limited. AIMS To describe the characteristics of serious injuries and the use of safety precautions at the time of injury in Australian veterinarians. METHODS Graduates in veterinary medicine from Australian universities completed questionnaires asking a...

Literature about healthcare-associated infection (HCAI) in China is scarce. A cross-sectional anonymous survey was conducted on 647 clinicians (199 physicians and 448 nurses) from six Shanghai hospitals (grades A-C) to investigate their cognizance, knowledge, attitude, self-reported practice, and risks regarding HCAI with emphasis on precautions. The mean overall score of HCAI knowledge was 40....

Radiation exposure to the public is estimated if the body of an I-125 prostate implant patient is cremated. Precautions regarding the handling of cremated remains are suggested. Cremation can be performed safely at any time.

DOI: 10.7247/jiumf.19.2.13 Organ malformations and mental retardation (the sensitivity is high from 2 to 8 weeks, and 8 to 25 weeks after conception, respectively) are the most serious results of fetal exposure to radiation that are observed after birth and probably arise above a threshold dose of 0.1–0.2 Gy. This threshold dose is not generally reached with curative radiotherapy during pregnan...

Background/Purpose: Nurses’ compliance with isolation measures is extremely important for patient safety. This research was conducted to examine nurses’ precautions and safety attitudes.
 Methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study. The data of the study were collected between January March 2022 in tertiary education hospital. A Nurse Descriptive Form, an Isolation Precautions Compliance ...

Protection of health care workers including students from being infected when caring for high risk patients is a major cause for concern to all promoting occupational health. Safety of every employee is mandatory. Furthermore, universal guidelines for precautions must be used by all interacting with high risk patients and clients to protect themselves and prevent the spread of infection. The ai...

International Maritime Organisation has changed the emission rates in MARPOL Annex VI rules as of 2020 and reduced sulfur rate from 3.5 percent to 0.5 led maritime sector alternative fuels. Compared other fuels, liquefied natural gas (LNG) is an attractive option with almost zero rate, ease access, availability ports that currently supply LNG low price fuel market. In addition, according life c...