Hand Hygiene Knowledge and Hand Dirtiness Assessment to Inform Alcohol-Based Hand Rub Appropriateness in Community Settings in Uganda and Kenya.

During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) availability and use increased as a prevention measure. ABHR is a convenient, effective way to kill microbes on hands but is hampered by the presence of organic material, whereas handwashing with water and soap (HWWS) can physically remove microbes and dirt. Although ABHR is preferred in most health care settings, the suitability of ABHR use in community settings has not been measured.

Evaluating the impact of redox potential on the growth capacity of anaerobic gut fungi.

Anaerobic gut fungi (AGF, ) inhabit the alimentary tract of herbivores. Although strict anaerobes, studies have suggested their capacity to retain viability after various durations of air exposure. It is currently unclear whether AGF can actively grow, and not merely survive, in redox potentials (E) higher than those encountered in the herbivorous gut.

"Thanks, but no thanks": Factors associated with patients who decline surgical intervention for thyroid cancer.

Background: Surgery is the mainstay of therapy for thyroid cancer. A rising number of patients decline recommended surgical intervention. This study aimed to identify factors associated with the decision to decline surgery for well-differentiated thyroid cancer.

Building the OAChangeMap to Improve the Service Delivery of the New South Wales Osteoarthritis Chronic Care Program: A Worked Example of Using a Codesign Framework.

Objective: The Osteoarthritis Chronic Care Program (OACCP) has been implemented in Australian public hospitals to deliver best evidence osteoarthritis (OA) care. It is important to ensure that the OACCP continues to deliver evidence-based OA care as intended. We aimed to identify barriers and enablers to delivering the OACCP, prioritize the barriers, and generate strategies to address them.