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Annalisa Quattrocchi

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Determinants of patient and health-care system delay in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in Sicily

2016

tuberculosis, health-care system, diagnosis

medicine.medical_specialtyPediatricsTuberculosisSettore MED/17 - Malattie Infettivebusiness.industryPublic Health Environmental and Occupational Healthmedicine.diseaseSettore MED/42 - Igiene Generale E Applicatatuberculosis health-care system diagnosisHealth careMedicinebusinessIntensive care medicine
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Prevalence of surgical site infections before and after the implementation of a multimodal infection control programme

2012

Objectives: In order to assess the prevalence of surgical site infections (SSIs) before and after the implementation of a multimodal infection control programme including the realization of a campaign to increase compliance with guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis, we designed and conducted the present study involving all 20 of the surgical departments of a large teaching hospital in Catania, Italy. Patients and methods: SSI definitions of the Hospital in Europe Link for Infection Control through Surveillance (HELICS) protocol were used in four 1 day point-prevalence surveys. After the first survey, an infection control programme was implemented involving the active commitment of surge…

AdultMaleMicrobiology (medical)medicine.medical_specialtyEvidence-based practiceSettore MED/42 - Igiene Generale E ApplicataSurgical sitePrevalencemedicineHumansSurgical Wound InfectionInfection controlPharmacology (medical)Antibiotic prophylaxisIntensive care medicineAgedPharmacologyInfection Controlbusiness.industryAntibiotic ProphylaxisMiddle AgedHospitalsantimicrobial prophylaxis guidelines compliance SSIsAnti-Bacterial AgentsInfectious disease prevention / controlInfectious DiseasesItalyFemaleGuideline AdherenceHealth Services ResearchbusinessJournal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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Tuberculosis-related stigma positively correlates with delay in diagnosis and treatment in Sicily

2015

medicine.medical_specialtyTuberculosisSocial stigmabusiness.industryPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthmedicineStigma (botany)PsychiatryDelayed diagnosisbusinessmedicine.diseaseEuropean Journal of Public Health
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