Self-contamination following removal of two personal protective equipment suits: a randomized, controlled, crossover simulation trial.

Background: Healthcare personnel are often at high risk of contamination when participating in airway management and other aerosol-generating procedures.

Aim: To explore the differences in self-contamination after removal of gown and coverall personal protective equipment (PPE) using an ultraviolet-fluorescent solution.

Methods: This prospective, randomized, controlled crossover trial was set in a third-level university health centre in Buenos Aires, Argentina between August and October 2020.

Evaluation of quality improvement interventions to reduce inappropriate hospital use.

Objective: To assess the impact of process analyses and modifications on inappropriate hospital use.

Design: Pre-post comparison of inappropriate hospital use after process modifications.

Setting: The Department of Internal Medicine of the Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland.

Distinction between planned and unplanned readmissions following discharge from a Department of Internal Medicine.

Readmission rate is often used as an indicator for the quality of care. However, only unplanned readmissions may have a link with substandard quality of care. We compared two databases of the Geneva University Hospitals to determine which information is needed to distinguish planned from unplanned readmissions.

Comparison between planned and unplanned readmissions to a department of internal medicine.

The objective of this study was to assess the respective frequency of planned and unplanned early readmissions after discharge from an internal medicine department, and to identify and compare risk factors for these two types of readmissions. Readmissions within 31 days of discharge were identified as planned or unplanned based on analysis of discharge summaries. Time-failure methods were used to describe the risk of readmissions over time and to assess relationships between patient and index stay characteristics and risk of readmission.

Direct stimulatory effects of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) on nuclear RNA polymerase II activity and overall protein synthesis in immature rat Sertoli cells.

A large body of evidence support the existence of an intratesticular Insulin-like Growth Factor I (IGF-I) system that can be viewed as a positive regulator of testicular functions. IGF-I may act at the testis level as a paracrine and autocrine differentiating factor. In the present study the role of IGF-I on Sertoli cell protein synthesis at transcriptional level has been investigated by evaluating the effect of IGF-I on nuclear RNA polymerase II activity as well as on total protein synthesis.