[Management of medical waste and biological risks in the teaching hospital of Cocody, Ivory Coast].

Unlabelled: Objectif: This study describes the management of medical waste at the University Hospital of Cocody, and appreciates the biological risk for care and cleaning staff.

Methods: From August 1st to 21st, 2015, a cross-sectional survey was conducted in intensive care units, gynecology-obstetrics, pediatrics-neonatology and anatomy-pathology. Care and cleaning staff filled in a standardized questionnaire.

Assessment of organizational measures to prevent nosocomial tuberculosis in health facilities of 4 sub-Saharan countries in 2010.

Background: The prevention of tuberculosis (TB) transmission in healthcare settings is a major issue, particularly because of the interaction between human immunodeficiency virus and TB and the emergence of multidrug-resistant TB.

Setting: Healthcare facilities involved in TB management in 4 African countries (Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, and Togo).

Methods: A questionnaire was developed by representatives of the 4 countries to evaluate the organizational measures implemented in facilities involved in TB management.

[The contribution of latex tests for the diagnosis of bacterial infections in Abidjan].

From 313 samples of CSF, urine, sera and pleural liquid, the authors show how appreciable is the contribution in research of soluble antigens by sensibilized latex particles agglutination method in etiologic diagnosis, especially during meningitis, pulmonary and neonatal infections. Soluble antigens were declared positives in 62.26% of cases against S.

[Prevalence of 4 agents of sexually transmitted diseases in leukorrhea in Abidjan (Ivory Coast)].

6,603 women with vaginal discharges were investigated for genital infection with four sexually transmitted diseases. Germs of vaginitis were isolated with prevalence as following: C. albicans 25%, G.

[Seroprevalence of rubella in 461 pregnant women in Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire)].

The authors report the results of a seroepidemiological study of rubella in pregnancy. Rubella antibodies were present in 82% of the pregnant women and 18% were seronegative. Most of seronegative women were less than twenty years old, nulliparous, on first period of gestation and in low socioeconomical conditions.