Health care providers have strived to address the many elements necessary to achieve effective infection control. Historical progress in microbiology and hospital asepsis provided the foundation for advances in dental...
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Health care providers have strived to address the many elements necessary to achieve effective infection control. Historical progress in microbiology and hospital asepsis provided the foundation for advances in dental preventive practices. Evidence supporting the application of current practices includes a long history of scientific and clinical investigations, technological advances in equipment and materials, and periodic publication of updated recommendations by professional health care organizations.
In preparing for the development of a plan of care for persons with AIDS and other HIV related conditions, the HIV Services Planning Program, a joint effort of the Department of Family Medicine of the University of Mi...
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In preparing for the development of a plan of care for persons with AIDS and other HIV related conditions, the HIV Services Planning Program, a joint effort of the Department of Family Medicine of the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the Bureau of Preventive Health of the Mississippi State Department of Health, conducted a survey of all primary care physicians throughout the state of Mississippi. The purpose of the survey was to determine health care services provided to persons with HIV/AIDS. Specific areas of interest included: (a) type of medical specialty;(b) location of primary practice;(c) services provided for persons with HIV/AIDS;and (d) utilization of universal blood and body fluid precautions, i.e., barrier techniques. Descriptive statistics were utilized in analyzing responses.
Safe pesticide handling in a group of Minnesota farmers, aged 40 years and older, was influenced through the use of a multifaceted, countywide educational intervention. Two intervention counties and two control counti...
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Safe pesticide handling in a group of Minnesota farmers, aged 40 years and older, was influenced through the use of a multifaceted, countywide educational intervention. Two intervention counties and two control counties were involved in this effort. The intervention consisted of mailed pesticide information to farm households, educational programs on pesticides for county physicians, elementary school training modules on pesticides and the use of safe pesticide handling displays in key business areas by agricultural extension agents. Five hundred eight farmers were identified as pesticide users (186 in the intervention counties and 322 in the control counties). The use of glows and other protective clothing whit handling pesticides increased in the intervention group. Improvement was greater in those who had used protective equipment the least before the intervention. From these results, it appears that a broad-based educational intervention might have a modest impact in how farmers protect themselves when using pesticides.
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