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  1. 6. Blood exposure in health care : health care workers' and patients' experiences

    Författare :Ulla-Britt Lymer; Barbro Isaksson; Bengt Richt; Vivi-Anne Sundquist; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Blood-exposure; needle-stick; compliance; universal precautions; balancing; quaIity care; nursing; patients conceptions; grounded theory; phenomenography; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Sammanfattning : The general aim of this thesis was to describe and analyse health care workers' blood-exposure incidents, protective measures, and the motives behind decision making about risks and protective measures. The aim was also to procure knowledge about patients' conceptions about their care, and if precautions taken by the health care workers were included in quaiity care. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Indoor environment and air quality in hospital units : Symptoms and signs

    Författare :Klas Nordström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Medical sciences; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; arbets- och miljömedicin; Occupational and Environmental Medicine;

    Sammanfattning : Indoor environment may influence the occurrence of symptoms such as eye, skin and upper airway irritation, headache and fatigue. The aim of the dissertation was to study relations between subjective indoor air quality, such symptoms, clinical signs from the nose and the eyes and the physical indoor environment, in particular the effect of dampness, type of building, and air humidification. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Female sex workers in Laos : perceptions, care seeking behaviour and barriers related to sexually transmitted infection services

    Författare :Ketkesone Phrasisombath; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :female sex workers;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) cause health, social and economic burdens in both low- and high-income countries. Not only do STIs impact quality of life, reproductive health and child health, but they also play a crucial role in facilitating sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). LÄS MER

  5. 9. Clean work, the pursuit of increased adherence to hand hygiene routines : a descriptive study

    Författare :Per-Ola Blomgren; Katarina Hjelm; Birgitta Lytsy; Christine Leo Swenne; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Healthcare Associated Infection; Healthcare Workers; Hygiene; Knowledge; Perception; Students;

    Sammanfattning : Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are a problem in health care worldwide. In Sweden 7-8% of all patients treated in hospital suffer from an adverse event of varying severity, of which approximately 60,000 from a HAI. Proper hand hygiene is considered the single most important measure to reduce HAI. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Nurses' caring struggle : Stress in caring within hospital emergency care during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Författare :Hillewi Carnesten; Petra von Heideken Wågert; Lena Wiklund Gustin; Susanna Toivanen; Christina Andreae; Karin Skoglund; Carina Elmqvist; Mälardalens universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Compassion; Ethical stress; Lifeworld; Moral stress; Newly graduated registered nurses; Recovery; Stress of conscience; Stress-related ill health; Suffering; Care Sciences; vårdvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Nurses took a frontline caregiving role during the COVID-19 pandemic in pervasively altered conditions in Swedish hospital emergency healthcare. Little is known about nurses’ experiences of the stress they were subjected to. LÄS MER