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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBEST PRACTICES FOR HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN THE INPATIENT SETTINGCynthia C. AkpakaThis study discusses the strategies that have proven successful in improving adherence to hand hygiene policies among health care providers working in acute care, inpatient settings. Review of literature suggests that while some efforts to improve hand hygiene compliance have focused on environmental engineering other efforts have focused mostly on broad-based educational and motivational initiatives, such as online educational programs … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 10, Issue 2 · 14 May 2014 · 7,325 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A PRIVACY PRESERVED OFF-PREMISES CLOUD STORAGESarfraz Nawaz Brohi, Mervat Adib Bamiah, Suriayati Chuprat, Jamalul-lail Ab MananDespite several cost-effective and flexible characteristics of cloud computing, some clients are reluctant to adopt this paradigm due to emerging security and privacy concerns. Organization such as Healthcare and Payment Card Industry where confidentiality of information is a vital act, are not assertive to trust the security techniques and privacy policies offered by cloud service providers. Malicious attackers have violated … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 10, Issue 2 · 13 Nov 2013 · 7,758 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDISTINGUISHABILITY BASED WEIGHTED FEATURE SELECTION USING COLUMN WISE K NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF GENE MICROARRAY DATASETJeyachidra, PunithavalliIn data mining, much research is being carried out to discover the previously unknown, valid, novel, useful and understandable patterns in large databases. The patterns must be actionable so that they might be used for decision making to a variety of applications in healthcare. In this study, feature subset selection is an important area, where many approaches have been proposed. … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 1 · 13 Nov 2013 · 6,801 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCommunity Pharmacists’ Involvement in Breast Cancer Health Promotion in United Arab Emirates (UAE)Osama H. Mohamed Ibrahim, Rana M. IbrahimBreast cancer is the most common cancer in women in Middle East countries. Despite the continuous efforts to increase the public awareness of breast cancer via campaigns and public screening programs, breast cancer screening rate remains low. The participation of community pharmacists in the communication and dissemination of breast cancer screening information should have a significant positive impact. The objectives … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 8, Issue 4 · 29 Oct 2013 · 8,124 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn integrated Framework Based on Texture Features, Cuckoo Search and Relevance Vector Machine for Medical Image Retrieval SystemYogapriya Jaganathan, Ila VennilaAs medical images are widely used in healthcare applications, Content Based Medical Image Retrieval (CBMIR) system is needed for physicians to convey effective decisions to patients and for medical research students to learn imaging characteristics for their extensive research based on visual features. However the performance of the retrieval is restricted due to high feature dimensionality of visual features. To … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 11 · 24 Sep 2013 · 6,882 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIMMUNITY LEVEL TO HEPATITIS B VIRUS IN VACCINATED MEDICAL STUDENTSAbdolreza Sotoodeh Jahromi, Alireza Makarem, Karamatollah Rahmanian, Abdoulhossein MadaniHepatitis B is a wide world disease and more than 1/3 of people in the world are HBs Ag positive. HBV causes chronic hepatitis, acute hepatitis, chronic cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in adults and children. This research was done for evaluation of immunogenicity of HBV vaccine with HBs Ab measurement after vaccination. This descriptive cross-sectional study was done on 135 … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 2 · 19 Jul 2013 · 7,512 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFactors Associated with Mortality Among Patients with Central Venous Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection in an Intensive Care UnitPriscilla Roberta Silva Rocha, Marcelo de Oliveira Maia, Gisele Brocco Magnan et al.Central venous catheterization is a common practice in the management of critically ill patients and is associated with various complications, such as Bloodstream Infections (BSI), which are major determinants of increased morbidity, mortality and healthcare expenses. Few studies have addressed factors that predict mortality in patients with this complication. The aim of this study was to investigate factors associated with … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 8, Issue 4 · 13 Feb 2013 · 7,620 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSelf Organizing Map Cluster Approach for Wavelet Based Medical Image CompressionS. Sridevi, V. R. Vijayakumar, V. Sutha JebaKumariDigital medical powerful tools for diagnosis, treatment and surgery and plays a vital role in modern healthcare delivery. Large storage capacity is needed for storing these images and for transmitting them. This leads to the strong demand for digital medical image compression and reliable transmission. In this study, we have applied three compression methods to medical images. In all the … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 4 · 2 Jan 2013 · 7,426 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIntervened 2-Tier Poisson Distribution for Understanding Hospital Site InfectivityR. ShanmugamProblem statement: Whether it is a surgical site or medical treatment at a hospital site, the nurses in particular and the entire medical team including surgeons/physicians in general undergo a risk of being infected ironically by the patients whom they intend to disinfect. There are 2-tiers of patients at the site. One type consists of patients who are internally and … …International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 3, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2012 · 6,927 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractProviding Collaborative Algorithms Support for Personal Health CareVladimir Trajkovik, Elena Vlahu-Gjorgievska, Igor Kulev, Saso KoceskiProblem statement: Today, there is a growing interest towards the adoption of novel technology in the field of medical monitoring and personal health care systems in general. This is especially case with certain categories of people suffering from chronicle diseases that need 24 h access to medical care. Approach: To solve this challenging issue, a model of a system containing … …Current Research in Bioinformatics, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 8 Mar 2012 · 7,293 accessesView PDFCite