Publications by authors named "O B Makanjuola"
Objectives: To assess diagnostic mycology capacity and available fungal diagnostic services of microbiology laboratories in eight tertiary hospitals in Nigeria and one in Ghana.
Methods: On-site audits were performed in the microbiology laboratories of nine tertiary hospitals using a structured observation checklist.
Results: A total of nine tertiary hospitals' laboratories in Nigeria and Ghana were assessed between June 2022 and December 2023.
Article Synopsis
- Intestinal parasitic infections (IPI) pose a significant public health issue in developing countries, particularly affecting pregnant women, leading to serious complications like maternal anemia and low birth weight.
- * A study in Ibadan, Nigeria, examined 598 pregnant women in antenatal clinics to determine the prevalence of IPIs and associated risk factors, revealing a 16.1% infection rate with Ascaris lumbricoides being the most common.
- * Key factors influencing IPI infection included education level, maternal income, waste disposal methods, and age, with women aged 30-34 and those with a degree showing lower infection risks.
Objectives: Delivery of virtual care increased throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and persisted after physical distancing measures ended. However, little is known about how to measure the quality of virtual care, as current measures focus on in-person care and may not apply to a virtual context. This scoping review aims to understand the connections between virtual care modalities used with ambulatory patient populations and quality measures across the Quintuple Aim (provider experience, patient experience, per capita cost, population health and health equity).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThermoelectric membrane distillation has shown promise as a new membrane distillation technique capable of improving energy consumption metrics. This study features an experimental design approach to investigating the performance of a thermoelectric membrane distillation system. Screening and full factorial designs were implemented in Minitab 16 to determine the optimal process conditions for minimizing the specific energy consumption of the system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Surgical site infection (SSI) persists as a global challenge, accounting for 20%-25% of all healthcare-associated infections. The SSI rate has been reported to range from 2.5% to 41.
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