scholarly journals Better Management of Rabies Using Innovative Statistical Tools

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Andreea MIRICA ◽  
Octavian CEBAN ◽  
Georgiana Andreea FERARIU ◽  
Viorel CIRNU ◽  
Bogdan CHIPER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Salient Feature ◽  
Healthcare Policy ◽  
Data Series ◽  
Seasonal Adjustment ◽  
Statistical Tools ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Health Care Unit ◽  
Innovative Tool

The aim of this paper is to illustrate how statistical tools can benefit healthcare policy makers specialised in the rabies management. Understanding the prevalence of such a disease is crucial for management teams. Seasonality may be a salient feature of data series provided by medical units, that is why the use of an innovative tool for seasonal adjustment is needed. For this paper, the data series (number of persons examined for rabies, by age and residency) were provided by one single health care unit – The National Institute of Infectious Diseases “Matei Bals”.

scholarly journals Behind the Wall of Indifference: Prisoner Voices about the Realities of Prison Health Care

Laws ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Barbara H. Zaitzow ◽  
Anthony K. Willis
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
General Population ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Correctional Facilities ◽  
Prison Inmates ◽  
Prison Health ◽  
Prison Health Care ◽  
Public Scrutiny ◽  
Poor Ventilation ◽  
Violent Assault

While most Americans never see or become ensnared in the nation’s vast correctional system, there are unprecedented costs—economic, social, and ethical—that are being paid, one way or another, by everyone in this country. It is no secret that prison inmates face health threats behind bars that equal anything they face in the streets. Violent assault, rape, or the outbreak of highly infectious diseases are much more common in correctional facilities than in the general population. Prison conditions can easily fan the spread of disease through overcrowding, poor ventilation, and late or inadequate medical care. Effectively protected from public scrutiny, the prison health care system has almost zero accountability, thus escaping outside attention to serious failures of care. If you want to know about the practice of health care in prison settings, ask someone who has been “in” the system. Prisoners have a story to tell and this article gives voice to the experiences of those who have been directly impacted by the provision of health care in the prison system.

scholarly journals 472. The Utility of Infectious Diseases E-consults in the Era of COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S302-S303
Author(s):  
Hala Saad ◽  
Kruti Yagnik ◽  
Helen King ◽  
Roger Bedimo ◽  
Richard J Medford
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Panel Member ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
North Texas ◽  
Review Panel ◽  
The North ◽  
Time To Completion ◽  
Texas Health

Abstract Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, rapid Infectious Diseases (ID) consultation has been required to answer novel questions regarding SARS-CoV-2 testing and infection prevention. We sought to evaluate the utility of e-consults to triage and provide rapid ID recommendations to providers. Methods We performed a retrospective study reviewing ID e-consults in three institutions in the North Texas region: Clements University Hospital (CUH), Parkland Hospital and Health System (PHHS), and the VA North Texas Health Care System (VA) from March 1, 2020 to May 15, 2020. Variables collected include age, sex, ethnicity, comorbidities, time to completion, reason for consult and outcome of consult (initiation or removal of personal protective equipment (PPE) and recommendation to test or retest for COVID-19). Results We performed all analysis using R studio (Version 1.3.959). Characteristics of 198 patients included: 112(57%) male, 86(43%) female, 86(43%) Caucasian, 71(36%) Hispanic, 42(21%) African American, 6(3%) Asian and mean(sd) age of 55.1(15.9). Patient comorbidities included: 89(45%) with a heart condition, 77(39%) diabetes, 30(15%) asthma and 14(7%) liver disease. Median time to completion for all hospitals was 4 hours(h); ((CUH (4h) vs PHHS (2h), p< 0.05; VA (5.5h) vs PHHS (2h) p< 0.05)). Most common reasons for e-consult included: (63)32% regarding re-testing ((CUH 14(21%) vs PHHS 43(50%), p< 0.05; CUH vs VA 14(27%), p< 0.05; PHHS vs VA, p< 0.05)), (61)31% testing ((CUH 25(37%) vs PHHS 39(45%), p< 0.05; CUH vs VA 7(16%), p< 0.05; PHHS vs VA, p< 0.05)) and 61(31%) infection prevention (IP). Based on the e-consult recommendation, 53(27%) of patients were tested ((CUH 31(45%) vs PHHS 11(13%), p< 0.05, CUH vs VA 11(25%), PHHS vs VA, p< 0.05)), 45(23%) were re-tested, 44(22%) of patients had PPE started on and 19% had PPE removed ((CUH 0(0%) vs PHHS 16(19%), p< 0.05; CUH vs VA 21(48%), p< 0.05; PHHS vs VA, p< 0.05)). Reason for Consult Conclusion E-consult services can provide prompt ID input during the COVID-19 pandemic, minimizing the risk of infection to the patient and health care workers while preserving PPE and testing supplies. Disclosures Roger Bedimo, MD, MS, Gilead Sciences (Consultant)Merck & Co. (Advisor or Review Panel member)ViiV Healthcare (Advisor or Review Panel member, Research Grant or Support)

Towards an AIDS-free generation by 2030: how are South African children, adolescents, caregivers and health care workers coping with HIV?

2021 ◽  
pp. 008124632199217
Author(s):  
Yogan Pillay
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
South African ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Free Generation ◽  
Living With Hiv

We are committed to an AIDS free generation by 2030 – nine short years away. This article reflects on the global and South African data on new infections, total number of children and adolescents living with HIV as well as data on vertical transmission. The article includes the voices of key stakeholders in the quest to end HIV in children so that lessons from their experiences can be used by policy makers in strengthening services.

Occupationally acquired infectious diseases among health care workers in Brazil: Use of Internet tools to improve management, prevention, and surveillance

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 267-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristiane Rapparini ◽  
Paulo Feijó Barroso ◽  
Valéria Saraceni ◽  
Alcyone Artioli Machado ◽  
Guilherme Côrtes Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Use Of Internet

scholarly journals Lessons from the domestic Ebola response: Improving health care system resilience to high consequence infectious diseases

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 533-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Meyer ◽  
Tara Kirk Sell ◽  
Monica Schoch-Spana ◽  
Matthew P. Shearer ◽  
Hannah Chandler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
System Resilience ◽  
Improving Health Care ◽  
Care System

Infectious Diseases as a Factor Influencing Demography. Historical and Medical Aspect

2020 ◽  
pp. 54-62
Author(s):  
Lyudmila Kaspruk
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Medical Aspect ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Improving Health Care

Taking into consideration the forecasts that infectious diseases will pose a significant risk of increasing mortality, as well as shortening life expectancy in the next period of time, an assessment of the impact of infectious diseases on demography in the historical and medical aspect allows us to confirm the existence of uniform combinations in creating a counter-strategy for improving health care. There is no doubt about the historical priority of preventive measures. In this sense, the scoring of infections according to the rating of ''demographic tension'' fully admits the possibility of identifying a vector for improving the work on combating infectious diseases.

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