Compliance with Handwashing in a Teaching Hospital
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Medical personnel are only moderately compliant with established handwashing protocols. Handwashing between patient visits can substantially reduce the spread of infectious organisms. Researchers observed medical personnel to identify missed opportunities for handwashing. In 2,834 observations, health care personnel only washed their hands 48% of the time. Physicians were the least compliant, and nurses were the most compliant. Handwashing was less likely to occur on weekends, in the intensive care unit, following procedures with a high likelihood of contamination, and when patient care was particularly intense.
Publication Name: Annals of Internal Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4819
Year: 1999
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Hospitals and civil rights, 1945-1963: the case of Simkins v Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital
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A historical study of court and hospital records, personal writings, and interviews highlighting medical integration and improvements in health care for black persons between 1945 and 1963 has been presented. A court case entitled Simkins versus Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital became a turning point for medical integration. This case was between a black dentist in North Carolina and an all-white community hospital funded with tax dollars under the Hill-Burton Act. The Civil Rights Act was passed soon after this court case was decided and required that all federally funded programs be racially integrated.
Publication Name: Annals of Internal Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4819
Year: 1997
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Delayed hospital arrival for acute stroke: the Minnesota Stroke Survey
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Most stroke patients arrive at the hospital too late to receive thrombolytic drugs to break up the blood clots that cause most strokes. These drugs must be given within three hours after the stroke begins in order to produce the maximum benefit. A survey of 1,334 stroke patients whose time of symptom onset was known found that although 90% were admitted to the hospital within 24 hours, only half were admitted within three hours of symptom onset. Patients whose exact time of symptom onset was unknown probably experienced even longer delays.
Publication Name: Annals of Internal Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4819
Year: 1998
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