[THE ROLE OF POSITION PROFILING IN THE MEDICAL STAFF HIRING].

The personnel shortage in domestic medical organizations continues to be a key problem in healthcare. Modern research in the field of personnel policy reflects a predominantly random choice of specialty by a graduate after graduating from a medical university - 30% of young specialists leave the profession, often noting that the specialty «did not suit». There is a growing need for job profiling in order to more effectively distribute personnel in various sectors of economic activity.

[The organization of medical service of the Interior Ministry of Russia in 2017].

The article presents a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the state of regional characteristics of morbidity with temporary disability, disability and mortality of employees of the internal affairs bodies of Russia. The source of the data was medical statistical reports generated by the medical and sanitary units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia using lexical analysis of medical documentation.

[Algorithm for artificial teeth size estimation according to face morphological features in patients with complete adentia].

The aim of the study was to improve the prosthetic treatment of patients with complete absence of teeth, taking into account the development of an algorithm for determining the size of artificial teeth by the morphometric parameters of the face. The study involved 76 elderly and senile adults with a full adentia of permanent teeth, who turned to the clinic for a prosthetic treatment. The results of examination and orthopedic treatment of this category of patients made it possible to develop an algorithm for determining the size of artificial teeth during prosthetics of dentition defects, taking into account the original correction factors obtained by calculation and analytical methods using mathematical-graphic modeling.

[Concomitant urogenital infections in men].

The article presents possible combinations of urogenital infections of various etiologies and some pathogenetic, clinical and epidemiological features, and issues of epidemiological surveillance for co-infection. The authors describe in detail combinations with each other and with other diseases of such pathogens as Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma spp., Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Trichomonas vaginalis.

[The mode of detection of microorganisms' sensitivity to disinfectants].

The article presents the technique to evaluate the sensitivity of microorganisms-causative agents of infections isolated from patients, carriers and environment to the disinfectants. The proposed technique gives a possibility to detect the condition of microorganism resistance to disinfectant and to evaluate the degree of its sensitivity. The evaluation of sensitivity specificity accuracy, positive and negative prognostic value, reproducibility of developed technique was made.

[Terminologic aspects of infections associated with administration of medical aid].

Evolution of key terms used in epidemiology of nosocomial infections is discussed. A modern point of view on terminology and comparison of Russian terms with foreign analogues are presented.

[Contamination of health care institutions environmental objects by Legionella pneumophila].

Unlabelled: AIM. The extent of environmental objects contamination by Legionella pneumophila in Nizhny Novgorod and Nizhny Novgorod region hospitals evaluation, and detection of potentially hazardous objects.

Materials And Methods: 433 swabs of environmental objects, and 43 hot water supply and pool water samples from various departments of 4 multi-disciplinary hospitals were studies.

[Who thinks clearly--writes in plain terms...(about the problems of the terminology in epidemiology)].

The work deals with the tendency of introducing superfluous terms in epidemiology and other medical sciences. Four groups of foreign terminology, occurring in scientific literature on different problems of epidemiology, are presented. Examples of publications containing terms and notions whose interpretation is absent in dictionaries are given.

[Epidemiological surveillance of nosocomial pyo-septic infections].

The paper analyzes the parameters of epidemiological surveillance of nosocomial pyoseptic infections (NPSI) at surgical hospitals. It considers its basic concepts and presents the authors own findings. Particular emphasis is laid on guidelines for detecting NPSI cases and on epidemiological surveillance.

[Psychological aspects of systemic approach to intra-nosological diagnosis in arterial hypertension].

Aim: To evaluate significance of the program of psychological examination of patients with essential hypertension (EH) for clinicians and characterize the patients psychologically.

Material And Methods: 46 EH patients were examined for time of trouble, stress liability, psychological reaction to the disease, factors of vitality. 24-h blood pressure (BP) monitoring was made in 40 patients.

[Higher medical schools and medical institutions: feedback problems].

Sociological study of graduates from Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy was carried out in 1997. The opinions of 199 physicians on the quality of training at the Academy, on employment and continuous education, etc., are analyzed.

[Epidemiologic features of hospital pyo-septic infection in a cardiosurgical hospital].

The results of the epidemiological analysis of morbidity in purulent septic infection in a cardiosurgical hospital during the period of 1990-1963 is presented. As revealed by this analysis, until 1993 the dominating causative agent of this infection was Pseudomonas aeruginosa O16, and since 1994 Staphylococcus epidermidis prevailed. The morbidity dynamics for several years and during individual years is shown.

[The prognosis of the antianginal effect of foridon compared to other antianginal preparations].

The study covered 20 patients with angina pectoris. Antianginal drugs such as sydnopharm, kordafen, anaprilin, nitrosorbide, and foridon were tested by using pair exercise tests. All the patients had preliminary instrumental studies, including exercise test, echocardiography, hyperventilation and orthostatic tests, and variation pulsometry.

[The characteristics of cryptosporidiosis prevalence in Nizhni Novgorod Province].

A total of 4070 patients with acute intestinal diseases were tested for cryptosporidiosis in 1989, 1806 of these without diarrhea (controls), 286 of them working at slaughter houses, milk-packing plants and dairy plants, 192 subjects with a history of contacts with cryptosporidiosis patients in the focus of the disease, and 7 animals. Cryptosporidiosis was responsible for 3.2% of acute intestinal conditions in children; cryptosporidia oocysts were not detected in adults or healthy subjects.

[Group cryptosporidiosis morbidity in children].

The group morbidity with cryptosporidiosis (13 cases) was recorded in infants from a somatic hospital and a nursery school and also among unorganized groups. The factor of transmission was kefir prepared in the nursery milk kitchen. Cryptosporidian oocysts were not found in the personnel of the kitchen.