Gold, Natalie Hu, Xiao-Yang Denford, Sarah Xia, Ru-Yu Towler, Lauren Groot, Julia Gledhill, Rachel Willcox, Merlin Ainsworth, Ben Miller, Sascha
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundDigital interventions have potential to efficiently support improved hygiene practices to reduce transmission of COVID-19.ObjectiveTo evaluate the evidence for digital interventions to improve hygiene practices within the community.MethodsWe reviewed articles published between 01 January 2000 and 26 May 2019 that presented a controlled tr...
Griffiths, Daniel Sheehan, Luke van Vreden, Caryn Whiteford, Peter Collie, Alex
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Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation
Purpose To determine the nature and prevalence of workers’ concerns regarding workplaces reopening during the pandemic. To identify characteristics of workers and industries where particular concerns are more common. Method Prospective cohort study of 1063 employed Australian adults, enrolled at the start of the pandemic. Data on attitudes to workp...
Nguyen-Thé, Christophe Brossier, Marie
Bacillus cereus est une bactérie responsable de toxi-infections d’origine alimentaire représentant depuis 2011 la deuxième cause de TIAC en France. Pourtant l’impact en santé publique de B. cereus était auparavant très largement sous-estimé. En outre, B. cereus étant une bactérie pathogène principalement transmise par les aliments, elle représente ...
Getahun, Weldehawariyat Adane, Metadel
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BMC Pediatrics
BackgroundDiarrhea among children under five is one of the significant public health concerns in developing countries, such as Ethiopia that is mainly attributed to inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. Lack of data on the prevalence and factors associated with acute diarrhea in Woldia Town impedes the effectiveness of WASH prog...
Lio, Chon Fu Cheong, Hou Hon Lei, Chin Ion Lo, Iek Long Yao, Lan Lam, Chong Leong, Iek Hou
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundNovel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a pandemic, and over 80 million cases and over 1.8 million deaths were reported in 2020. This highly contagious virus is spread primarily via respiratory droplets from face-to-face contact and contaminated surfaces as well as potential aerosol spread. Over half of transmissions occur fr...
Tachalov, V. V. Orekhova, L. Y. Kudryavtseva, T. V. Loboda, E. S. Pachkoriia, M. G. Berezkina, I. V. Golubnitschaja, O.
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The EPMA Journal
An evident underestimation of the targeted prevention of dental diseases is strongly supported by alarming epidemiologic statistics globally. For example, epidemiologists demonstrated 100% prevalence of dental caries in the Russian population followed by clinical manifestation of periodontal diseases. Inadequately provided oral health services in p...
Dupuis, Arnaud Christou, Niki Teterycz, Dorota Balaphas, Alexandre Robert-Yap, Joan Zufferey, Guillaume Skala, Karel Alketbi, Mariam Liot, Emilie Buchs, Nicolas C.
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BMC Surgery
BackgroundSurgical wound infection contributes to prolonged recovery time after pilonidal sinus excision. As a standard procedure after surgery, we recommend our patients to perform water irrigations in the intergluteal cleft 4 to 6 times a day during the post-operative period. Our hypothesis is that this should reduce healing time and complication...
Paprottka, Felix J. Rolfes, Sebastian Bernd Richter, Dirk Frank Kaye, Kai O.
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Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Background In many countries, the worldwide spread of COVID-19 has led to a near total stop of non-urgent, elective surgeries across all specialties during the first wave’s peak of the pandemic. For providers of aesthetic surgery procedures or minimal invasive cosmetic treatments, this led to a huge socio-economic impact worldwide. In order to eval...
Hollis, NaTasha D. Thierry, JoAnn M. Garcia-Williams, Amanda G.
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Disability and Health Journal
Background Handwashing and surface cleaning and disinfection are two hygiene behaviors promoted to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Persons with disabilities may be at increased risk for severe COVID-19 illness due to underlying medical conditions that have been associated with COVID-19. Objective This study aims to describe self-reported hygiene be...
Storr, Julie Kilpatrick, Claire Lee, Karen
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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control
Water, sanitation and hygiene, collectively known as WASH, is an enabler of infection prevention and control (IPC), both of which contribute to safe, quality health care and the prevention of spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This discussion paper considers the importance placed on the role of hygiene, including cleaning and those who clean...
