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A hospital-based retrospective study on a sample of 228 nurses involved in patient care, in two medical college hospitals of West Bengal, showed that 61.4% of them sustained at least one Needle Stick Injury (NSI) in last 12 months. The risk of such injuries per 1000 nurses per year was found to be 3,280. Out of the most recent injuries among 140 nurses, 92.9% remained unreported to appropriate authorities; in 52.9% events hand gloves were worn by the nurses; only 5% of those nurses received hepatitis B vaccine, 2.1% hepatitis B immunoglobulin and none of them received post exposure prophylaxis for HIV.
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Documentation/statistiques et données numériques , Infections à VIH/prévention et contrôle , Hépatite B/prévention et contrôle , Vaccins anti-hépatite B/administration et posologie , Hôpitaux universitaires/statistiques et données numériques , Humains , Immunoglobulines/administration et posologie , Inde/épidémiologie , Blessures par piqûre d'aiguille/épidémiologie , Infirmières et infirmiers/statistiques et données numériques , Soins aux patients/statistiques et données numériques , Études rétrospectivesRésumé
A hospital based cross sectional study for one year done among 57 diagnosed and admitted septic abortion cases, revealed that 71.9% septic abortions were performed by untrained persons, 63.2% mothers were illiterate, 22.8% mothers were in adolescent age group. Exploratory Laparotomy was needed in 46.3% cases and important complications for referring were severe anaemia and septic shock.
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Avortement provoqué/effets indésirables , Avortement septique/épidémiologie , Centres hospitaliers universitaires/statistiques et données numériques , Adolescent , Adulte , Études transversales , Femelle , Hospitalisation/statistiques et données numériques , Humains , Inde/épidémiologie , Laparoscopie , Âge maternel , Mortalité maternelle/tendances , Complications postopératoires , Grossesse , Sécurité , Comportement sexuel , Facteurs socioéconomiques , Résultat thérapeutique , Hémorragie utérine/étiologieRésumé
This community based study was carried out in Haripal Block of Hooghly district in West Bengal in 2005 to assess the nutritional status of the unmarried adolescents and 204 adolescents were studied. The BMI for age and height for age < 5th percentile were used as criteria for thinness and stunting respectively. The overall prevalence of thinness and stunting were 24.48% and 52.45%, thinness was more common among the boys. The other nutritional deficiency disorders were pallor (12.25%), conjunctival xerosis (9.30%), Vitamin B complex deficiency (1.47%), goitre (0.98%) and dental caries (11.76%). An indication of chronic energy deficiency in the study area was observed.
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Adolescent , Adulte , Indice de masse corporelle , Enfant , Régime alimentaire , Femelle , Humains , Inde/épidémiologie , Mâle , Troubles nutritionnels/épidémiologie , Population ruraleRésumé
The recent biotechnological revolution in Molecular Entomology explores new promising tools for the control of vector borne diseases through genetic manipulation of vectorial competence. The gene transfer technology is hoped to make the malaria vectors incapable of supporting the development of malaria parasite which will ultimately lead to eradication of the parasites and the disease.