Amphotericin—How Safe and Effective?

1985 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 243-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra M. Norris
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Skin Test ◽  
Medical Doctor ◽  
Employee Health ◽  
Teaching Institution ◽  
First Case ◽  
Control Section ◽  
Normal Area ◽  
Inh Prophylaxis ◽  
Community Teaching

Over a period of 35 days beginning July 23, 1984, the Infection Control Section of the Nassau Hospital, a 535-bed community teaching institution received reports of an unusually high number of PPD tuberculin skin test conversions among employees from Employee Health Service personnel.The first case involved a registered nurse who, upon receiving a routine annual Mantoux skin test on July 23, converted from the previous year's negative reaction to a significant reaction (20 mm induration) with a greater than normal area of erythema. When she reported this to her private medical doctor prior to beginning INH prophylaxis, she was retested by the physician. This test was read as nonreactive.

Employee health service for teaching and nonteaching staff: A needs assessment

1986 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonita C. Long ◽  
Robert W. Schutz ◽  
Perry R. Kendall ◽  
Christopher G. Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Employee Health

“Let Me Speak to the Manager”

1964 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 17-21
Author(s):  
John D. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Employee Health ◽  
Good Will

A good employee health service is not only a symbol of management's good will towards its employees, but it is good business as well, paying a high percent return on a company's investment.

scholarly journals First case report of infection by Mycobacterium wolinskyi after mammoplasty in Brazil

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Santos Lima ◽  
Maria Madileuza Carneiro Neves ◽  
Karen Machado Gomes ◽  
Klarissa Miranda Guarines ◽  
Carlos Feitosa Luna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Mycobacterium Smegmatis ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Specific Gene ◽  
Biochemical Tests ◽  
Long Period ◽  
First Case ◽  
The World ◽  
Mycobacterium Goodii

<em>Mycobacterium wolinskyi</em> is a rapidly growing mycobacterium, first described in 1999 as a member of the group <em>Mycobacterium smegmatis</em> (<em>Mycobacterium smegmatis</em>, <em>Mycobacterium wolinskyi</em> and <em>Mycobacterium goodii</em>). Only 19 case reports all over the world have been described on literature, none of them in Brazil. On this report, it is described one case of infection after a mammoplasty procedure performed in a private health service in the county of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, in 2009. The mycobacteria specie was identified using biochemical tests and sequencing the specific gene <em>rpoB</em>. To treat the infection by <em>Mycobacterium wolinskyi</em> it was necessary to combine antibiotics for a long period of time associated with surgical procedures of the breast abscesses.

Resource Management in the National Health Service: a first case history

1990 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Packwood ◽  
Martin Buxton ◽  
Justin Keen
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Case History ◽  
First Case

scholarly journals Leading with local solutions to keep Yarrabah safe: A grounded theory study of an Aboriginal community- controlled health organisation’s response to COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janya McCalman ◽  
Marlene Longbottom ◽  
Sara Fagan ◽  
Ruth Fagan ◽  
Suzanne Andrews ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Advisory Group ◽  
High Morbidity ◽  
Governance Reform ◽  
First Case ◽  
Local Solutions

Abstract Introduction Pandemics such as COVID-19 are a serious public health risk for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, yet primary healthcare systems are not well resourced to respond to such urgent events. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a federal government advisory group recommended a rapid, tailored Indigenous response to prevent predicted high morbidity and mortality rates. This paper examines the efforts of one ACCHO, which in the absence of dedicated funding, pivoted its operations in response to COVID-19. Gurriny Yealamucka Health Service (Gurriny) is the only primary healthcare service in the discrete Indigenous community of Yarrabah, Far North Queensland. Methods The research was conducted at the request of the Chief Executive Officer of Gurriny. Grounded theory methods were used to sample and analyse transcripts of interviews with thirteen Gurriny staff and five others - Yarrabah and government leaders and community members, and 59 documents. Data were imported into NVIVO-12 and coded, with key concepts compared, organised into higher order constructs, then structured into a theoretical framework. Results Gurriny responded to COVID-19 by leading with local solutions to keep Yarrabah safe. Four key strategies were implemented: managing the health service operations, realigning services, educating and supporting community, and working across agencies. These strategies were enabled or hindered by five conditions: the governance and leadership capcity of Gurriny, relying on the health taskforce, locking the door, “copping it”, and (not) having resources. A year after the first case was experienced in Australia and on the eve of vaccine rollout to Indigenous communities, there have been no COVID-19 cases in Yarrabah. Discussion The success of the locally-led, holistic, comprehensive and culturally safe response of Gurriny suggests that such tailored place-based approaches to pandemics (and other health issues) are appropriate, but require dedicated resourcing. Key challenges related to fragmented and rapidly changing government processes, poorly coordinated communication and resource allocation channels, and bottlenecks in hierarchical funding approval processes.Conclusion The COVID-19 response in Yarrabah demonstrates the need for governance reform towards greater resourcing and support for local decision making.

The 'Roving Team': Employee Health Service in the Workplace

1994 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 141-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Wurtz ◽  
Patricia Bush ◽  
Lillian Styles ◽  
Bryan Ranchero ◽  
Kang Sung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Employee Health
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