a decade ago, sub-saharan africa accounted for 24% of the global disease burden but was served by only 4% of the global health workforce. the chronic shortage of medical doctors has led other health professionals especially nurses to perform the role of healthcare providers. these health workers have been variously named clinical officers, health officers, physician assistants, nurse practition...

seroresponse to the full three - dose of the hepatitis b vaccine (engcrix-b) was studied in 138 medical and paramedical staff from tehran. the vaccine was found to be highly immunogenic. seroconversion rales, scroprotecthn rates and geometric mean titer were found to be 98.$%, 90% and 902.$ mlu/ml, respectively. tills is the first report of sero-rcsponse in normal iranian subjects to the hepati...

OBJECTIVES To seek public opinion on the reporting of medical errors and the anonymity of healthcare workers who report medical errors. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS A random, representative survey of 2005 South Australians in April 2002, using telephone interviews based on a vignette provided. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES When a medical error occurs (i) whether the incident should be reported, and (ii)...

We present a comprehensive approach to using electronic medical records (EMR) for constructing contact networks of healthcare workers in a hospital. This approach is applied at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC)--a 3.2 million square foot facility with 700 beds and about 8,000 healthcare workers--by obtaining 19.8 million EMR data points, spread over more than 21 months. We use...

An outbreak of extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in a neonatal care unit began with transmission from a mother to her newborn twins during vaginal delivery. Subsequently, infection spread by healthcare worker contact with other neonates; a healthcare worker also was infected. Knowledge about transmission may improve infection control measures.