Improving nurses' knowledge of managing endotracheal tube cuff pressure in intensive care units: A quasi-experimental study.

Background: Previous studies conducted on nurses' knowledge regarding endotracheal tube cuff pressure revealed that there were differences in intensive care nurses' knowledge, leading to varying practices.

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate how an educational intervention based on the existing evidence-based guidelines, using both passive and active implementation strategies, could improve the knowledge of nurses regarding managing endotracheal tube cuff pressures in Malawian intensive care units.

Setting: Six functional ICUs (four public and two private) in Malawi.

Employees' knowledge and practices on occupational exposure to tuberculosis at specialised tuberculosis hospitals in South Africa.

Background: To prevent the spread of infection of tuberculosis (TB), sufficient knowledge and safe practices regarding occupational exposure are crucial for all employees working in TB hospitals.

Objectives: To explore and describe the knowledge and practices of employees working in three specialised TB hospitals in Nelson Mandela Bay, Eastern Cape, regarding occupational exposure to TB.

Methods: A quantitative, descriptive and contextual study was conducted using convenience sampling to have 181 employees at the three hospitals elected to complete the self-administered questionnaire, which was distributed in December 2016.

The quality of life of HIV-infected South African university students: Experiences with the WHOQOL-HIV-Bref.

HIV and AIDS has serious repercussions on psychological, social and physical well-being, and the assessment of Quality of Life (QoL) of people living with HIV and AIDS is essential to gauge how these challenges are met. The WHOQoL-HIV Bref forms part of a suite of instruments developed by the World Health Organisation. The purpose of this paper is to describe the quality of life of a sample of HIV-infected students at a South African university, as well as explain the internal consistency between questions within each of the QoL domains.

Socio-economic and demographic factors related to HIV status in urban informal settlements in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

The prevalence of HIV&AIDS is embedded in social and economic inequity and the relationship between social determinants and HIV incidence is well established. The aim of this study was to determine which socio-economic and demographic factors are related to HIV status in the age group 18 to 49 years in informal settlements in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. This cross-sectional study was conducted in 3 informal settlements (n = 752) during March 2013 within the Nelson Mandela Bay and Buffalo City districts.