background and aims: beauty salons are considered as the places which the environmental health and renovation are adhered too. they can improve the society’s health and influence controlling the diseases. not considering this issue causes the spread of skin and hair diseases and infections and louse. this study was aimed to determine the health status of beauty salons of kashan in 2014. methods...

581 *Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army; Health Services Command Radiation Protection Staff Officer, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234-6000; formerly Chief, Health Physics Division, U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency †Chief, Industrial Health Physics Branch, Health Physics Division, U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency ‡Captain, U.S. Army; Chief, Medical Health Physics Branch, U.S. Army Environmen...

background and purpose:consumption of baking soda, as a primary material for preparation of bread dough, has been banned due to its health complications in iran. so bread production in our country faced difficulties and one part of them is related to health issues which are bread production. also, in some cases, baking soda is used in the bread production. this study was done to study the envir...

341. Heterogeneous regional distribution of nosocomial infections due to ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Germany: Data from the German National Reference Center for the Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections (KISS) Rasmus Leistner, MD; Christin Schröder; Christine Geffers, MD; AnnChristin Breier, MD; Petra Gastmeier, MD; Michael Behnke, PhD; Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, ...

Associated with Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Christine Geffers, MD; Axel Kola, MD; Brar Piening, MD; Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Institute of Hygiene, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; German National Reference Center for the Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections, Berlin, Germany and P...

BACKGROUND While several studies have documented the importance of hand washing in the university setting, the added role of environmental hygiene remains poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to characterize the personal and environmental hygiene habits of college students, define the determinants of hygiene in this population, and assess the relationship between reported hygiene be...

background: lassa fever is an acute, virulent viral haemorrhagic illness with high morbidity and mortality rates. its awareness remain low in sub urban or rural community. this study was carried out to assess the awareness of lassa fever of a rural community in the south western part of nigeria. methodology: a descriptive cross sectional study of 122 respondents prior to a sensitization seminar...