Covid-19: Better data on outbreaks will help control infection, say experts

The aim of this study was to report the effectiveness of the Candy closure technique as a treatment for chronic open infective lateral malleolus bursitis. From June 2014 to March 2018, we performed the Candy closure technique as a treatment for chronic open infective lateral malleolus bursitis in nine patients without secondary operation. We first performed infectious tissue debridement to control infection, and if primary closure was not possible, we performed the Candy closure technique for small wounds. The duration of the wound prior to surgery varied from 4 weeks to 2 years. Seven cases were due to infection on the bursa and two cases were ulcer-type bursitis. All the wounds were small (average, 3.80 cm2; range, 2.25-4 cm2) and circular. Seven wounds showed complete healing at 4 weeks after surgery, one wound showed complete healing at 8 weeks after surgery, and one wound with infected state was lost to missing follow-up. Of the seven wounds that showed complete healing, one wound recurred 6 months after surgery. The Candy closure technique is a simple method for ensuring healing and coverage of chronic open lateral malleolus bursitis, especially for small wounds with dead space.

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Knowledge and Compliance Toward Standard Precaution Among Health Care Workers at Bahria International Hospital Lahore, Pakistan

International Journal of Social Sciences and Management ◽

10.3126/ijssm.v7i1.27406 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 17-20

Author(s):

Humira Ather ◽

Asaf Khan ◽

Saima Shabnum

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

P Value ◽

Hospital Acquired Infection ◽

Standard Precaution ◽

Care Workers ◽

Knowledge And Practice ◽

Control Infection ◽

Hospital Acquired

Introduction: Standard precaution is a way to stop the spread of hospital acquired infection which may be in the form of blood, secretions, body waste, body fluids and mucous membrane that may contain contagious infectious agents. Healthcare workers are the persons who have the moral obligation to care for sick persons and improve their regaining health and attain excellent worth of treatment care. Therefore, health care providers should have proper knowledge and good practice to strictly adhere to standard precaution control infection. Aim: To determine the knowledge and compliance toward standard precaution among health care workers in Bahria international Hospital Lahore. Methodology: a descriptive cross sectional study design were used for this study with sample size of 180 participants which were randomly selected from the target population. Results: The association between knowledge and practice was assessed through chi square test with p value=0.05, after apply this test the p value found .000 which is significant association between knowledge and practice. Whereas regression test shows value of adjusted R² showing 60% (F=.141, p <.001) of variance caused by independent variable (knowledge) in dependent variable (practice). Hence, it is proved that there is a significant positive relationship between knowledge and practice. Conclusion: The current study concluded that adhering to standard precaution is very important for all health care workers to control hospital acquired infection. Study finding also show that majority of the healthcare workers have good knowledge regarding standard precautions but they have unsatisfactory compliance to prevent and control infection. Int. J. Soc. Sc. Manage. 7(1): 17-20

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O028: Impact of a prevention and control infection program in a tertiary care teaching hospital

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control ◽

10.1186/2047-2994-2-s1-o28 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2 (Suppl 1) ◽

pp. O28

Author(s):

RE Quirós ◽

L Fabbro ◽

A Novau ◽

G Kremer ◽

M Casanova ◽

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Keyword(s):

Teaching Hospital ◽

Prevention And Control ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital ◽

Care Teaching ◽

Control Infection ◽

And Control

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Passport to freedom? Immunity passports for COVID-19

Journal of Medical Ethics ◽

10.1136/medethics-2020-106365 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 46 (10) ◽

pp. 652-659 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Rebecca C H Brown ◽

Julian Savulescu ◽

Bridget Williams ◽

Dominic Wilkinson

Keyword(s):

Infection Control ◽

Civil Liberties ◽

Social Cooperation ◽

Ethical Challenges ◽

Returning To Work ◽

Control Infection ◽

The Impact ◽

Infection Spread

The COVID-19 pandemic has led a number of countries to introduce restrictive ‘lockdown’ policies on their citizens in order to control infection spread. Immunity passports have been proposed as a way of easing the harms of such policies, and could be used in conjunction with other strategies for infection control. These passports would permit those who test positive for COVID-19 antibodies to return to some of their normal behaviours, such as travelling more freely and returning to work. The introduction of immunity passports raises a number of practical and ethical challenges. In this paper, we seek to review the challenges relating to various practical considerations, fairness issues, the risk to social cooperation and the impact on people’s civil liberties. We make tentative recommendations for the ethical introduction of immunity passports.

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