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Talanta
December 2024
The Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510317, China. Electronic address:
Tuberculosis (TB) is the second deadliest infectious disease worldwide. Current TB diagnostics utilize sputum samples, which are difficult to obtain, and sample processing is time-consuming and difficult. This study developed an integrated diagnostic platform for the rapid visual detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in breath samples at the point-of-care (POC), especially in resource-limited settings.
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December 2024
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.
Experiencing side effects when wearing N95/P2 masks has negative impacts on health workers and increases exposure to pathogens. While side effects of wearing P2/N95 masks have been reported previously, these masks have never been used as widely as during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines Australian hospital nurses' experiences and perceptions of P2/N95 mask usage and its impacts on patient care at a time when P2/N95 masks were widely used.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Allergy Clin Immunol Pract
December 2024
Ochsner Health System, Department of Allergy/Immunology and Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Electronic address:
Flooding events, particularly those caused by hurricanes and other large storm events, are increasingly fueled by climate change. Stormwater intrusion into homes creates ideal conditions for mold growth. Homes inundated by floodwaters become vulnerable to production of mold spores, particulate matter, and volatile organic compounds, all of which trigger a variety of poor health outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Occup Environ Hyg
December 2024
National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Developing and overseeing Respiratory Protection Programs (RPPs) is crucial for ensuring effective respirator use among employees. To date, a gap exists in research that focuses on elastomeric half mask respirators (EHMRs) as the primary respirator in health delivery settings which would necessitate additional considerations in RPPs beyond the more common N95 filtering facepiece respirators. This paper presents lessons learned during a one-year impact evaluation with healthcare and first responder settings that received EHMRs from the Strategic National Stockpile in 2021 and 2022.
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December 2024
Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Songkhla, Thailand.
Introduction: Endotracheal intubation can be difficult or even fail under certain patient and anaesthesiologist conditions. During the COVID-19 pandemic a country-wide lockdown policy was enforced in Thailand which stipulated that anaesthesiologists wear personal protective equipment, powered air purifying respirator, or goggles and surgical/N95 mask during the intubation procedure. Thus, an anaesthesiologist's vision is restricted and grip on the equipment less sure.
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