[Accurate compiling of the hospital discharge records according to clinicians' perception: critical issues and perspectives].

Objectives: to explore clinicians vision on hospital discharge records in order to identify useful elements to foster a more accurate compiling.

Design: qualitative research with phenomenological approach.

Setting And Participants: participants were selected through purposive sampling among clinicians of two hospitals located in Sardinia; the sample included 76 people (32 medical directors and 44 doctors in training).

Pattern of Hepatitis A Virus Epidemiology in Nursing Students and Adherence to Preventive Measures at Two Training Wards of a University Hospital.

Background: Nursing students can be exposed to patients with hepatitis A virus (HAV) and can represent a vehicle of transmission both for health personnel, patients and relatives.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the risk of HAV infection in nursing students during their internship.

Patients And Methods: A seroprevalence survey on HAV infection was performed on nursing students at the Cagliari university-hospital, together with the assessment of the compliance to preventive measures to decrease the risk of infection during their internship.