Estimation of Baseline Widal Antibody Titers among Apparently Healthy Urban Population of District Jammu.

Introduction: Definitive diagnosis of Enteric fever is by blood culture for serotype Typhi, Paratyphi A, and Paratyphi B which takes long turnaround time and is costly, whereas Widal test is simple, rapid, and cost-effective test whose interpretation depends on the baseline Widal titers among healthy individuals in a defined population.

Objectives: To determine the baseline Widal titers among apparently healthy urban population of district Jammu (J&K).

Materials And Methods: 302 individuals in the age group of 18-50 years were recruited.

Educational interventions to improve knowledge and skills of interns towards prevention and control of hospital-associated infections.

Context: We believe that there is significant educational deficit amongst interns regarding up-to-date formal knowledge and skills on healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) which might compromise patient safety. This urgently requires curriculum innovations to ensure their formal training on HAIs prevention and control.

Aim: Education of interns to improve their knowledge and skills toward HAIs prevention and control.

Importance of obtaining lumbar puncture in neonates with late onset septicemia a hospital based observational study from north-west India.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of meningitis in cases with late onset septicemia (LOS).

Materials And Methods: A prospective study was carried out for a period of 1 year in a tertiary care hospital in North West India to estimate the prevalence of meningitis in cases of LOS. In all the admitted neonates with features of sepsis with a positive C-reactive protein, a lumbar puncture (LP) was carried out and results interpreted on the basis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology and biochemistry.