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Aim the objectives of this study are to promote health of elderly people with urinary tract infection and to assess elderly knowledge about urinary tract infection in Assiut city.Subject and methods: The study was carried out at two setting [geriatric club in legitimate assembly] and [geriatric club in cultural center].The total number of studied sample was 100 eldrely.Two tools are used in this study: 1] structured interview sheet, which includes personal data: such as age gender, marital status, etc..2] tool two, which included definitions of UTIs, causes, physiological changes that occur in eldrely and presdisponding factors of disease, signs and symptoms, complications, traetment and steps for prevention and control of UTIs. Data was collected in the period from june 2008 to december 2008.Results: of the present study the mean age group of the studied was[was 63.9+4.07 group], the majority of the studied sample [83%] were female, also more than half of the studied sample[55%] were widows.Three quartar of studied female[77.1%] stated diabetes mellitus, while the majority of the studied male [88.2%] stated enalrgment of prostate as one of the most common disease among elderly men that lead to UTIs.Three quarter of the studied sample[74.0%] stated that infalmmation and damage of the kidney one of the most complication of UTIs and most of the studied sample[98%] stated that good personal hygine from front to back after urination is one of the most important methods to control UTIs.Cnoclusion:Serious lack of knowledge about urinary tract infection among the study sample.Recommendations:Presence of gerontological nurse at geriatric to follow elderly people and give them health education is very important, different seminars club can be intersted topics for elderly people such as:normal changes, com elelrymon health needs and problems for elderly people, geriatric club library should be rich with specific book about the physiological change and common health problems among health deviation to make early managment and to prevent complications through: health education and focus group discussion for elderly
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The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and practice of dentists and nurses toward cross-infection control measures in dental clinics at Assiut City. All dentists and nurses working in the 28 clinics were included in the study. They included 52 dentists, and 51 nurses working in dentist clinic. Data collection tools was Structured self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of three parts. The first part was concerned with socio-demographic and job information. The second part was for assessment of subjects' knowledge about cross-infection control measures in dental clinics. The third part included subjects' exposure to occupational hazards in the last year. An observation checklist to assess actual practices of subjects in their workplaces, data was collected in the period from the first of June 2006 until the end of November 2006. The study has shown that slightly less than half of the dentists were less than 30 years old [48.1%], slightly less than half of the nurses were 40 years old or more [49.0%]. About two thirds of the dentists [65.4%] were males, while the majority of the nurses [92.2%] were females. Similarly, less than two thirds of the dentists [59.6%] were married, compared to 92.2% of the nurses. As regards work experience, the mean years of experience of the dentists were slightly higher than those of the nurses, 9.3 +/- 7.7 years and 7.4 +/- 4.4 years. Less than half of the dentists [44.2%] and the nurses [45.1%] had attended conferences or educational training courses about infection control during last year. Most of dentists [82.7%] and nurses [72.5%] had satisfactory knowledge. Conversely, the majority of dentists and nurses had poor practice [84.6% and 86.3%] respectively. The study revealed no statistically significant differences were revealed between dentists and nurses in either knowledge or practice It is concluded that although dentists and nurses in dental clinics in Assiut city possess good knowledge about cross-infection and their control measures in these settings, their practice was mostly inadequate. It is recommended that continuing education to dental health care workers be mandatory and include a specific practical component on cross-infection control in dental practices. Enforcement of strict cross-infection control measures practices must be implemented, with provision of needed supplies and equipment. Additionally, every dental clinic must have a written infection control policy, and an active infection control team