A review of current interventions for COVID-19 prevention

D Pradhan, P Biswasroy, PK Naik, G Ghosh… - Archives of medical …, 2020 - Elsevier
The recent outbreak of CoVID-19 is declared as a global public health emergency of
international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO). A fresh figure of 2268011 …

The effectiveness of the anteroom (vestibule) area on hospital infection control and health staff safety: A systematic review

E Andalib, M Faghani, SM Zia Ziabari… - Frontiers in public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The emergence of SARS-CoV2 in 2019 showed again that the world's healthcare system is
not fully equipped and well-designed for preventing the transmission of nosocomial …

What matters: non-pharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19 in Europe

Y Liu, Q Yu, H Wen, F Shi, F Wang, Y Zhao… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2022 - Springer
Objectives The purpose of this study is to describe the situation of COVID-19 in European
countries and to identify important factors related to prevention and control. Methods We …

Home care nurses' identification of patients at risk of infection and their risk mitigation strategies: a qualitative interview study

D Dowding, D Russell, M Trifilio, MV McDonald… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background There is an increase in the number of individuals who receive care at home. A
significant proportion of these patients acquire infections during their care episode. Whilst …

[HTML][HTML] Pet animals as reservoirs for spreading methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to human health

AR Khairullah, SA Sudjarwo, MH Effendi… - Journal of Advanced …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a strain of pathogenic bacteria that is
a major problem in the world's health. Due to their frequent interaction with humans, pets are …

Microbial contamination and efficacy of disinfection procedures of companion robots in care homes

HL Bradwell, CW Johnson, J Lee, R Winnington, S Thill… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Paro and other robot animals can improve wellbeing for older adults and
people with dementia, through reducing depression, agitation and medication use …

Design of vestibules as transitional spaces in infection control: Necessity of working space changes to cope with communicable infections

E Andalib, M Faghani, M Heidari, R Tabari Khomeiran - Work, 2022 - content.iospress.com
BACKGROUND: After the spread of infectious diseases, people stay at home as a shelter
space to be safe and sound. Current homes and work spaces have shown not to be a good …

Hand hygiene practices of home visiting community nurses: perceptions, compliance, techniques, and contextual factors of practice using the World Health …

O Felembam, WS John, RZ Shaban - Home Healthcare Now, 2012 - journals.lww.com
In this observational study, the perceptions, compliance, techniques, and contextual issues
of hand hygiene practices among community clinicians (nurses) during 103 hand hygiene …

[PDF][PDF] Hygiene behaviour in university students in Turkey

I Altun, ND Cinar, C Dede - J Pak Med Assoc, 2013 - researchgate.net
Objective: To identify university students' hygiene behaviour using a hygiene behaviour
inventory in a Turkish sample. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted with 353 …

[PDF][PDF] Impact of Applied Protective Measures of COVID-19 on Public Health

AR Sara, M Raslan, EM Shehata… - … Sciences (ISSN: 2581 …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Background: COVID-19 is one of the emerged pandemic that threaten the globe. Aim: The
aim of the study is to Perform a literature search to investigate possible protective measures …