Total quality management in the health-care context: integrating the literature and directing future research.

Background: Synergistic integration of predictors and elements that determine the success of total quality management (TQM) implementations in hospitals has been the bane of theoretical development in the TQM research area. Thus, this paper aims to offer a systematic literature review to provide a foundation on which research on TQM can be built and to identify the predictors of successful TQM in the health-care context.

Materials And Methods: A systematic literature survey was adopted in this paper, involving the review of 25 relevant researched articles found in the databases Science Direct, EBSCO, MEDLINE, CINAHL and PubMed.

Correction to: Randomized community trial on nosocomial infection control educational module for nurses in public hospitals in Yemen: a study protocol.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s12912-019-0333-3.].

Randomized community trial on nosocomial infection control educational module for nurses in public hospitals in Yemen: a study protocol.

Background: Nosocomial infections remain a global health problem and they are considered as one of the leading causes of increased morbidity and mortality. In-service training courses related to infection control measures can help nurses to make informed and therapeutic decisions which could prevent or reduce the incidence of nosocomial infections. This study protocol is of a hospital-based trial to develop, implement and evaluate an educational module on nosocomial infection control among nurses in public hospitals in Yemen.

A cluster randomised controlled trial on effectiveness of carbon monoxide measurement feedback among college smoker : A study protocol.

Introduction: For the last 30 years, tobacco smoking has continued to be the leading cause of premature deaths in Malaysia. Majority of the smokers in Malaysia are at the precontemplation and contemplation stages. Therefore, for the purpose of increasing smoking cessation among this group, the strategies that motivate them to quit smoking have to be reviewed.

Sociodemographic profile and predictors of outpatient clinic attendance among HIV-positive patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in Selangor, Malaysia.

Background: Inconsistent literature evidence suggests that sociodemographic, economic, and system- and patient-related factors are associated with clinic attendance among the HIV-positive population receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) around the world. We examined the factors that predict outpatient clinic attendance among a cohort of HIV-positive patients initiating ART in Selangor, Malaysia.

Patients And Methods: This cross-sectional study analyzed secondary data on outpatient clinic attendance and sociodemographic, economic, psychosocial, and patient-related factors among 242 adult Malaysian patients initiating ART in Selangor, Malaysia.

Fine-needle aspiration study of cystic papillary thyroid carcinoma: Rare cytological findings.

Background: Cystic papillary thyroid carcinoma (CPTC) is a variant of papillary carcinoma that has many mimickers in cytological grounds.

Aim: To study the cytomorphologic features of CPTC and compare them to those of other cystic thyroid lesions using fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). We also aimed to identify the cytomorphologic features that distinguish CPTC from other cystic thyroid lesions.

Socio-demographic, environmental and caring risk factors for childhood drowning deaths in Bangladesh.

Background: Drowning contributes to incapacity and early death in many countries. In low- and middle-income countries, children are the most susceptible to fatalities. Over 50 % of the global drowning deaths occur among children aged under 15 years old with children aged between 1 and 4 years of age being most at risk.

Randomized controlled trial on drowning prevention for parents with children aged below five years in Bangladesh: a study protocol.

Background: Drowning is the third leading cause of death for children aged 0-4 years in many Asian countries, and is a serious but neglected health problem in low and middle-income countries like Bangladesh. The aim of the study is to outline the study protocol of a trial to test the efficacy of a mobile coach based intervention for the prevention of childhood drowning.

Method/design: A two-arm cluster randomized community trial will be conducted to test the efficacy of the mobile coach intervention for childhood drowning on parents with children below five years of age and compared to an assessment only control group.

Predictors of health related quality of life in older people with non-communicable diseases attending three primary care clinics in Malaysia.

Objectives: To determine the health related quality of life and its predictive factors among older people with non-communicable diseases attending primary care clinics.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Three public primary care clinics in a district in Selangor, Malaysia.

Assessing the interstitial cells of Cajal, cells of enteric nervous system and neurotransmitters in slow transit constipation, using immunohistochemistry for CD117, PGP9.5 and serotonin.

Background/aims: Slow transit constipation is one of the common causes of chronic constipation, in which the intestinal diameter is normal, but its transit time is markedly increased. The underlying cause in this disease is not definitely understood.

Methodology: In this study was investigated the difference in the quantity of pace maker cells, cells of enteric nervous system and serotonin positive cells in normal colon and colon of the patients with slow transit constipation by using immunohistochemistry for c-Kit, PGP 9.