Search for dissertations about: "INFECTION CONTROL IN HOSPITAL"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 75 swedish dissertations containing the words INFECTION CONTROL IN HOSPITAL.

2. 6. Design of Hospital Operating Room Ventilation using Computational Fluid Dynamics

   Author : Sasan Sadrizadeh; Sture Holmberg; Christian Poelma; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Computational Fluid Dynamics CFD ; Ventilation System; Hospital Operating Room; Bacteria Carrying Particle; Surgical Site Infection; Colony Forming Unit; Airborne Particle Control; Air Quality; Thermal Comfort; Active-Passive Air Sampling methods; Computational Fluid Dynamics CFD ; ventilationssystem; operationssal på sjukhus; bakteriebärande partikel; infektion i samband med operation; kolonibildande enhet; kontroll av luftburna partiklar; luftkvalitet; termisk komfort; aktiva-passiva provtagningsmetoder för luft; Engineering Mechanics; Teknisk mekanik;

   Abstract : The history of surgery is nearly as old as the human race. Control of wound infection has always been an essential part of any surgical procedure, and is still an important challenge in hospital operating rooms today. For patients undergoing surgery there is always a risk that they will develop some kind of postoperative complication. READ MORE

4. 7. Hospital-acquired pneumonia in intensive care patients

   Author : Petra Hyllienmark; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : The present thesis describes the incidence and risk factors for pneumonia and especially ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) among Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients. Bacteria in samples from the lower respiratory tract of patients receiving mechanical ventilation are reported, including the duration of treatment prior to the first occurrence of different pathogens. READ MORE

5. 8. Maternal milk feedings and cytomegalovirus infection in preterm infants in Sweden

   Author : Soley Omarsdottir; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : In Sweden, preterm infants are preferably fed human milk. Very preterm infants (< 32 weeks), who are unable to breastfeed, are fed with expressed maternal milk via a nasogastric tube. Mothers of these infants often experience difficulties in establishing and maintaining lactation. READ MORE

6. 9. Colonization, infection and dissemination in intensive care patients

   Author : Christina Agvald-Öhman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Colonization; multi-resistant bacteria; dissemination; intensive care unit; invasive Candida infection;

   Abstract : Nosocomial infections are a substantial problem in hospitals all over the world and the incidence is among the highest in the intensive care unit, affecting mortality and morbidity for the individual patient and cost for the society. In order to prevent these infections it is important to gain knowledge about colonization and infection pathways as well as about bacterial dissemination between patients. READ MORE

7. 10. Human papillomaviruses in skin cancer and cervical cancer

   Author : Kristin Andersson; Malmö Klinisk mikrobiologi; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Human papillomavirus; serology co-factors; non-melanoma skin cancer;

   Abstract : The causal relationship between persistent genital infections with human papillomavirus (HPV) and development of cervical cancer is well established. In contrast, the significance of infections with cutaneous HPV for development of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is not well understood. READ MORE