In the course of a one week observation in the organized collective body with a daily bacteriological examination for streptococcus group A carrier state 20 infections were recorded per 70 risk man-days. Statistical analysis of conditions for the recipients' infection showed bedrooms to be the main site of streptococcus infection in the organized collective bodies. The most important role in the epidemic process belonged to healthy carriers capable of infecting sensitive recipients, with the potency of microbial foci in the pharynx and the nose of about 1000-2000 microbes per standard tampon. The greatest frequency of infection occured at a distance of from 1 to 1.2 m. Consequently, the main direction of prophylaxis of streptococcus infection at the collective bodies should be associated with measures directed to the source of infection (isolation and penicillin therapy of the patients, urgent antibiotics prophylaxis in case of threatening epidemic or at its initial period).
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Collective Forgetting of American Vaginal Breech Delivery.
J Hist Med Allied Sci
January 2025
Ben-Gurion University, Israel.
When asked why nearly all doctors refer their breech cases to surgery, despite non-surgical breech birth being permitted throughout the United States, an obstetrician will likely cite the Term Breech Trial (TBT). This study, conducted in 2000, decisively concluded that planned cesarean delivery is safer than vaginal breech delivery. However, a review of the literature suggests that the decline of vaginal breech deliveries was a long time in the making.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNurses' practical contributions to improving healthy and sustainable public spaces: an integrative review.
Rev Bras Enferm
January 2025
Universidade Regional do Cariri. Crato, Ceará, Brazil.
Objective: to identify knowledge production about nurses' contributions to improving healthy and sustainable public spaces.
Methods: an integrative review carried out in February 2023 in electronic databases. Studies that answered the research question and that were available in full, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, were included.
Public Health Accreditation Board Accreditation and Pathways Recognition Among Small Health Departments: Motivation, Communication, and Celebration.
J Public Health Manag Pract
November 2024
Author Affiliations: Department of Health Policy and Organization, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama (Drs Fifolt and Erwin); Prevention Research Center, Brown School, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri (Dr Peg and Mr Crenshaw); Research and Evaluation, Public Health Accreditation Board, Alexandria, Virginia (Mx Lang and Ms Belflower Thomas); Lipstein Distinguished Professor of Public Health, Prevention Research Center, Brown School; Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center and Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine; Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (Dr Brownson).
This paper explores how small local health departments (LHDs) motivated staff members, communicated progress toward Public Health Accreditation Board accreditation or Pathways Recognition, and celebrated interim and final accreditation accomplishments. Qualitative key informant interviews were conducted with 22 employees and affiliates of 4 LHDs with jurisdiction populations <50 000. LHDs motivated staff through ownership, creative strategies to monitor and record progress, and meaningful no- or low-cost incentives.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOptimizing automated photo identification for population assessments.
Conserv Biol
January 2025
Marine Mammal Research Program, Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Kāne'ohe, Hawai'i, USA.
Several legal acts mandate that management agencies regularly assess biological populations. For species with distinct markings, these assessments can be conducted noninvasively via capture-recapture and photographic identification (photo-ID), which involves processing considerable quantities of photographic data. To ease this burden, agencies increasingly rely on automated identification (ID) algorithms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHow to Approach a Child About Concerns for Their Mental Health and Seeking Help: A Delphi Expert Consensus Study to Develop Guidelines on Mental Health First Aid for Supporting Children.
Health Expect
February 2025
Centre for Mental Health and Community Wellbeing, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
Background: Adults who live or work with children are an important source of support and are gateways to professional help when a child is experiencing a mental health problem. This study aimed to develop consensus-based guidelines on how adults such as parents, educators or health professionals should approach a child aged 5-12 years to discuss concerns about the child's mental health and seek help.
Methods: A Delphi consensus method with three rounds was used.
Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!