Hand hygiene using a new hand-cleansing formulation without sanitizers: Effect on Staphylococcus aureus removal and recovery of properties against skin damage.

Background: Staphylococcus aureus is known to form a biofilm and colonize on damaged skin of the hands. We investigated changes in the quantity of S aureus on the hands and changes in skin damage when using a hand-cleansing formulation with potassium oleate but without a sanitizer (formulation A), which is highly effective in removing S aureus biofilm and causes minimal skin damage.

Material And Methods: The participants (14 medical staff members) used 2 types of hand-cleansing formulations (formulations A and B), each for 4 weeks.

Membranous nephropathy complicating nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

The patient was a 38-year-old woman diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome. Steroid pulse therapy and mizoribine was started in late October 2002 and continued for about 10 months, but no apparent therapeutic effect was obtained. During this period, the patient was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Reconstruction of velopharyngeal competence for composite palatomaxillary defect with a fibula osteocutaneous free flap.

Velopharyngeal competence reconstruction is indispensable for acquiring the fine speech and ingesting function. However, the maxillary prosthesis becomes unstable in some patients who have undergone extensive palatomaxillary. We present a case of total palatomaxillary defect resulting from squamous cell carcinoma ablation of the palate, which was reconstructed using a fibula-free osteocutaneous flap.