Effect of a Single Administration of Focused Extracorporeal Shock Wave in the Relief of Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness: Results of a Partially Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: To examine the effects of a single administration of focused extracorporeal shock wave therapy on eccentric exercise-induced delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS).

Design: Three-arm randomized controlled study.

Setting: University research center.

The management of needlestick injuries.

Background: An estimated 1 million needlestick injuries (NSIs) occur in Europe each year. The Council Directive 2010/32/EU on the prevention of NSIs describes minimum requirements for prevention and calls for the implementation of local, national and Europe-wide reporting systems. The Directive is to be implemented by all EU member states by 11 May 2013.

[Early diagnosis of hepatitis C transmission after needlestick injury].

Occupational transmission of hepatitis C (HCV) is rare but has been repeatedly described in the published literature. Early diagnosis and therapy of acute hepatitis C is associated with an excellent chance of permanent HCV elimination. The majority of chronic HCV infections, however, lead to a slowly progressive hepatitis with associated morbidity and risk of liver cirrhosis.

[Prevention of nosocomial transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from HIV-positive healthcare workers. Recommendations of the German Association for the Control of Viral Diseases (DVV) e.V. and the Society for Virology (GfV) e.V].

To the best of our knowledge, the German Association for the Control of Viral Diseases (DVV) e.V. and the Society for Virology (GfV) e.

[Standardized documentation in emergency departments with the core dataset of the DIVI].

In Germany the documentation of every prehospital emergency medical treatment has been standardized since 1997 based on the core data-set MIND (minimal emergency physician data-set). Against this background it is very surprising that there is still no standardized data-set implemented for the documentation of early inhospital emergency care. In order to create such a data-set the current state of documentation in many different hospitals all over the country was scrutinized.