The Pediatric Adjustable Table

1984 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 135-136
Author(s):  
Yvonne Rousseau
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
Children’S Hospital

Out of a need for a table which could accommodate both young children and adults, an adjustable table was designed and built by our Alberta Children's Hospital staff. The table height adjusts from 18½″ to 32½″ and can be adjusted by one person. The design is described and illustrated with recommendations for further modification.

Retransplantation and the “Noncompliant” Patient

1999 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARK G. KUCZEWSKI
Keyword(s):  
Community Hospital ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
Noncompliant Patient ◽  
Neighboring State ◽  
Children’S Hospital ◽  
Attending Physician

The patient was a 19-year-old female who was transferred to this children's hospital from a community hospital in a neighboring state. She is well known to the hospital staff because she had a kidney transplanted and retransplanted several times there. Her first transplant as at age 8 and she was retransplanted most recently approximately 3 years ago. She immediately rejected her second kidney and received a third. She is currently admitted because she is again rejecting her kidney, probably due to not taking her medication. The ethics consultant was called because the attending physician wanted to know if it was ethical to retransplant a “noncompliant” patient.

Periarteritis nodosa in a child

1986 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 298-299
Author(s):  
Yu. V. Volkova ◽  
K. Sh. Nizamutdinova ◽  
V. T. Ubasev
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Severe Form ◽  
Periarteritis Nodosa ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
Children’S Hospital

Periarteritis nodosa in young children is rare, so we present our observation. Sh., 1 year 8 months old, was admitted to Kazan Children's Hospital No.7 with referral diagnosis: small focal pneumonia, severe form, DN3, neutrotoxicosis.

Seroepidemiology of hepatitis A antibodies among children’s hospital staff

2002 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 618-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
GILAT LIVNI ◽  
SIMION PLOTKIN ◽  
YAEL YUHAS ◽  
GABRIEL CHODIK ◽  
HAVA ALONI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis A ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
Children’S Hospital

scholarly journals Animal-Assisted Activity at A. Meyer Children's Hospital: A Pilot Study

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simona Caprilli ◽  
Andrea Messeri
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Infection Rate ◽  
Medical Staff ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Hospital Infection ◽  
Parent Questionnaire ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Children’S Hospital

The authors systematically studied the introduction of animal-assisted activity into a children's hospital in Italy. This pilot study examined the reactions of children, their parents and the hospital staff and the hospital-wide infection rate before and after the introduction of animals. The SAM (self-assessment manikin), three behavioral scales, analysis of children's graphic productions, a parent questionnaire and a staff questionnaire were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention. The children's participation was calculated. The analysis of the hospital infection rate was completed independently by the Hospital Infections Committee. The authors found that the presence of infections in the wards did not increase and the number of children at the meetings with pets in the wards was high (138 children). The study also found that the presence of animals produced some beneficial effects on children: a better perception of the environment and a good interaction with dogs. All parents were in favor of pets in the hospital, and 94% thought that this activity could benefit the child, as did the medical staff, although the staff needed more information about safety. The introduction of pets into the pediatric wards in an Italian children's hospital was a positive event because of the participation of hospitalized patients, the satisfaction expressed by both parents and medical staff, and the fact that the hospital infection rate did not change and no new infections developed after the introduction of dogs.

scholarly journals Coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine hesitancy among children’s hospital staff: A single-center survey

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Larry K. Kociolek ◽  
Jenny Elhadary ◽  
Ravi Jhaveri ◽  
Ami B. Patel ◽  
Brian Stahulak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
Single Center ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
Children’S Hospital

Tuberculosis Among Adult Visitors of Children With Suspected Tuberculosis and Employees at a Children's Hospital

2002 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 568-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flor M. Muñoz ◽  
Lydia T. Ong ◽  
Diane Seavy ◽  
Denise Medina ◽  
Armando Correa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tuberculin Skin Test ◽  
Skin Test ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Pulmonary Tb ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
Contagious Disease ◽  
Tuberculin Skin Test Conversion ◽  
Children’S Hospital

Objective:Few children with tuberculosis (TB) have communicable disease, and most do not require isolation within the hospital. However, parents or adult visitors with unrecognized pulmonary TB may be a threat to hospital staff and other patients. We prospectively evaluated adults accompanying children hospitalized for suspected TB at a children's hospital to determine the frequency of undiagnosed, potentially contagious disease.Methods:From 1992 to 1998, chest radiographs were obtained from adult caretakers accompanying 59 consecutive children admitted to Texas Children's Hospital with suspected TB. A child and his or her family were placed under Airborne Precautions only if the child or the accompanying adult exhibited characteristics of potentially contagious disease. Annual rates of tuberculin skin test conversion in hospital employees were obtained for the same period.Results:Of the 105 screened adults, 16 (15%) had previously undetected pulmonary TB. These adults were associated with 14 (24%) of the 59 children. In all instances in which the adult was the patient's parent, he or she was the source of infection to the child. Only 8 (13.5%) of the 59 children required isolation. Tuberculin skin test conversion from a negative to a positive reaction occurred in 127 employees (8 per 1,000 employee-years at risk). Only 4 of these 127 employees performed activities involving direct patient contact. None was in contact with families with a known potentially contagious adult or pediatric patient.Conclusions:The risk of infection of healthcare workers from pediatric patients with primary TB appeared to be minimal, and most children with TB did not need isolation. Infection control efforts should be focused on accompanying adults and adult visitors. (Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2002;23:568-572).

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1952 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 634-635
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Young Children ◽  
International News ◽  
General Hospitals ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Middlesex Hospital ◽  
Children’S Hospital ◽  
Sick Children ◽  
At Home

Centenary of "Great Ormond Street" The first patient was admitted to The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London in 1852. Notice the capital "T." It has been said that all who have ever worked at this hospital are touched thereafter with a certain arrogance and hence the "T." It is believed that this was the first children's hospital in Great Britain to provide both for outpatients and inpatients. Up to 1852 there had been "dispensaries" for sick children, but the fear of infection and the devastating results when young children were herded together had prevented any development of inpatient facilities. The general hospitals excluded children. They died at home in large numbers. All this was changed by Dr. Charles West. He was an obstetrician on the staff of the Middlesex Hospital where he gave the lectures on diseases of children to the students—a common practice in those days.

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