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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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Documentação/estatística & dados numéricos , Infecções por HIV/prevenção & controle , Hepatite B/prevenção & controle , Vacinas contra Hepatite B/administração & dosagem , Hospitais Universitários/estatística & dados numéricos , Humanos , Imunoglobulinas/administração & dosagem , Índia/epidemiologia , Ferimentos Penetrantes Produzidos por Agulha/epidemiologia , Enfermeiras e Enfermeiros/estatística & dados numéricos , Assistência ao Paciente/estatística & dados numéricos , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
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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Aborto Induzido/efeitos adversos , Aborto Séptico/epidemiologia , Centros Médicos Acadêmicos/estatística & dados numéricos , Adolescente , Adulto , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Hospitalização/estatística & dados numéricos , Humanos , Índia/epidemiologia , Laparoscopia , Idade Materna , Mortalidade Materna/tendências , Complicações Pós-Operatórias , Gravidez , Segurança , Comportamento Sexual , Fatores Socioeconômicos , Resultado do Tratamento , Hemorragia Uterina/etiologiaRESUMO
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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Adolescente , Adulto , Índice de Massa Corporal , Criança , Dieta , Feminino , Humanos , Índia/epidemiologia , Masculino , Distúrbios Nutricionais/epidemiologia , População RuralRESUMO
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.