Delaying voiding, limiting fluids, urinary symptoms, and work productivity: A survey of female nurses and midwives.

Aim: To examine the relationships between workplace bladder practices, urinary symptoms, and work productivity.

Design: Cross-sectional observational survey.

Methods: Surveys were distributed June-November 2016 to at least 600 female nurses and midwives at three urban hospitals in New South Wales, Australia.

AAPM Task Group 128: quality assurance tests for prostate brachytherapy ultrasound systems.

While ultrasound guided prostate brachytherapy has gained wide acceptance as a primary treatment tool for prostate cancer, quality assurance of the ultrasound guidance system has received very little attention. Task Group 128 of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine was created to address quality assurance requirements specific to transrectal ultrasound used for guidance of prostate brachytherapy. Accurate imaging guidance and dosimetry calculation depend upon the quality and accuracy of the ultrasound image.