The Wound Care Pathway: a Danish effect study.

Aims: To investigate how the implementation and training in the WCP affects the behaviour of generalist nurses, focusing on four specific endpoints: motivation, confidence, critical thinking and knowledge.

Methods: A total of 89 generalist nurses received 6 hours of training in the WCP, over a period of 10-16 weeks. The participants filled a questionnaire before and after the training.

Reduction and Growth Inhibition of by Use of Anti-Listerial Nisin, P100 Phages and Buffered Dry Vinegar Fermentates in Standard and Sodium-Reduced Cold-Smoked Salmon.

Cold-smoked salmon are ready-to-eat products that may support the growth of pathogenic during their long shelf-life. Consumption of such contaminated products can cause fatal listeriosis infections. Another challenge and potential risk associated with CS salmon is their high levels of sodium salt.

Deciphering the virulence potential of Listeria monocytogenes in the Norwegian meat and salmon processing industry by combining whole genome sequencing and in vitro data.

Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of foodborne pathogens such as Listeria monocytogenes is globally on the rise in the food industry. It provides an improvement for proactive surveillance and source-tracking and allows in-depth genetic characterization of the pathogen. In the present study, the virulence gene profile including 99 virulence genes of 767 L.

Microbial Safety and Sensory Analyses of Cold-Smoked Salmon Produced with Sodium-Reduced Mineral Salts and Organic Acid Salts.

Cold-smoked (CS) salmon contains high levels of sodium salts, and excess dietary sodium intake is associated with an array of health complications. CS salmon may also represent a food safety risk due to possible presence and growth of the foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes which may cause fatal human infections. Here we determine how reformulated CS salmon using commercial sodium-reduced salt replacers containing KCl (e.

Improved microbial and sensory quality of chicken meat by treatment with lactic acid, organic acid salts and modified atmosphere packaging.

Microbial contamination and growth play important roles in spoilage and quality loss of raw poultry products. We evaluated the suitability of three commercially available organic acid based antimicrobial compounds, Purac FCC80 (l-lactic acid), Verdad N6 (buffered vinegar fermentate) and Provian K (blend of potassium acetate and diacetate) to prevent growth of the innate microbiota, reduce spoilage and enhance the sensory quality of raw chicken under vacuum, high CO (60/40% CO/N), and high O (75/25% O/CO) modified atmosphere (MA) storage conditions. Solutions were applied warm (50 °C) or cold (4 °C) to reflect treatments prior to (Prechill) or after (Postchill) cooling of chicken carcasses, respectively.

Surveillance of Listeria monocytogenes: Early Detection, Population Dynamics, and Quasimetagenomic Sequencing during Selective Enrichment.

In this study, we addressed different aspects regarding the implementation of quasimetagenomic sequencing as a hybrid surveillance method in combination with enrichment for early detection of Listeria monocytogenes in the food industry. Different experimental enrichment cultures were used, comprising seven L. monocytogenes strains of different sequence types (STs), with and without a background microbiota community.

Improved control of Listeria monocytogenes during storage of raw salmon by treatment with the fermentate Verdad N6 and nisin.

Fresh Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) represents a healthy, nutritious food with global distribution and increasing consumption and economic value. Contaminating Listeria monocytogenes in fresh salmon represents a health hazard to consumers, is linked to extensive product recalls and is a major challenge for salmon processors. Verdad N6, a commercially available buffered vinegar, was evaluated as a treatment for raw salmon fillets either alone or in combination with the antimicrobial peptide nisin, with regard to anti-listerial effects under processing and storage, and influence on sensory quality and background microbiota.

Cooking chicken at home: Common or recommended approaches to judge doneness may not assure sufficient inactivation of pathogens.

About one third of foodborne illness outbreaks in Europe are acquired in the home and eating undercooked poultry is among consumption practices associated with illness. The aim of this study was to investigate whether actual and recommended practices for monitoring chicken doneness are safe. Seventy-five European households from five European countries were interviewed and videoed while cooking chicken in their private kitchens, including young single men, families with infants/in pregnancy and elderly over seventy years.

Probing community nurses' professional basis: a situational case study in diabetic foot ulcer treatment.

Complicated and long-lasting wound care of diabetic foot ulcers are moving from specialists in wound care at hospitals towards community nurses without specialist diabetic foot ulcer wound care knowledge. The aim of the study is to elucidate community nurses' professional basis for treating diabetic foot ulcers. A situational case study design was adopted in an archetypical Danish community nursing setting.

Supraclavicular recurrence after early breast cancer: a curable condition?

The prognosis of ipsilateral supraclavicular lymph node recurrence after early breast cancer appears to be worse than for other loco-regional recurrences, but better than for distant metastases. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between different types of salvage treatment and primary patient characteristics, treatment response, and survival after supraclavicular recurrence (SR) in a large patient population. From the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group treatment database 1977-2003, 305 patients were identified with SR without distant disease as site of first recurrence.

Activation and inhibition of nuclear factor kappa B activity by cereal extracts: role of dietary phenolic acids.

The transcription factor nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) plays a critical role in stress, immune, and inflammatory responses, and the modulation of its activity can be a potentially effective preventive strategy for controlling certain diseases. Cereal grains contain phenolic compounds in concentrations comparable to those in fruits and vegetables, well-known for their beneficial effect on human health. In this study we aimed to examine the effect of different phenolic extracts from barley, oat, wheat, and buckwheat on the modulation of basal and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced NF-kappaB activity and elucidate the role of phenolic acids in this modulation.

New probes used for IS1245 and IS1311 restriction fragment length polymorphism of Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium and Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis isolates of human and animal origin in Norway.

Background: Mycobacterium avium is an environmental mycobacterium that can be divided into the subspecies avium, hominissuis, paratuberculosis and silvaticum. Some M. avium subspecies are opportunistic pathogens for animals and humans.

Distribution of IS1311 and IS1245 in Mycobacterium avium subspecies revisited.

We demonstrated that IS1245 is not present in Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis by restriction fragment length polymorphism and that the designated three-banded bird pattern of IS1245 in M. avium subsp.