Evaluation of an aerosolized hydrogen peroxide disinfection system for the reduction of Clostridioides difficile hospital infection rates over a 10 year period.

Background: Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) cause significant morbidity and mortality in healthcare facilities worldwide. We examined the use of an aerosolized hydrogen peroxide (aHP) disinfection system for reduction of CDI rates.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of CDI rates at an acute care facility over a 10-year period.

Soft Tissue Manipulation May Attenuate Inflammation, Modulate Pain, and Improve Gait in Conscious Rodents With Induced Low Back Pain.

Introduction: Low back pain (LBP) is common in warfighters. Noninvasive interventions are necessary to expedite return-to-function. Soft tissue manipulation, for example, massage, is a method used to treat LBP.

Refugee and Immigrant Women's Experience of Postpartum Depression: A Meta-Synthesis.

The aim of this work is to synthesize qualitative research on refugee and immigrant women's experiences of postpartum depression (PPD) to gain insight into the unique needs of this group of women. This population is more at risk of developing PPD due to a complexity of issues including pre- and postmigratory stressors; however, there is currently little research on this topic available to health care providers and policy makers. Thirteen articles met inclusion criteria, and five themes emerged from the meta-synthesis: (a) suffering in solitude, (b) the invisible illness, (c) cultural conceptualizations, (d) barriers to help seeking, and (e) facilitators of help seeking.

Recognition of Risk Factors for Postpartum Depression in Refugee and Immigrant Women: Are Current Screening Practices Adequate?

Currently little is known of postpartum depression (PPD) screening and referral for refugee and immigrant women in Northern New England where the foreign born population has been rapidly expanding in the past decade. Research on PPD has focused largely on the general population leaving a large gap in our understanding of PPD in this vulnerable group. A retrospective chart review was conducted from a tertiary medical center with 1,160 births per year.

Irish midwives' experiences of providing maternity care to non-Irish women seeking asylum.

Background: Immigration and asylum seeking has been an important social and political phenomenon in Ireland since the mid 1990s. Inward migration to Ireland was seen in unprecedented numbers from 1995 onward, peaking in 2002 with 11,634 applications for refugee status. Asylum and immigration is an issue of national and international relevance as the numbers of displaced people worldwide continues to grow, reaching the highest level in 20 years at 45.

Childbirth in exile: asylum seeking women's experience of childbirth in Ireland.

Objectives: the purpose of this study was to gain insight into women's experiences of childbirth in Ireland while in the process of seeking asylum. This paper will focus on one of the primary findings of the study, how lack of connection, communication and cultural understanding impacted the health and well-being of the women who participated.

Design: researchers adopted a structural approach to narrative analysis using Burke's (1969) dramatistic pentad to analyse 22 women's narrative accounts of their childbirth experiences.