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pro vyhledávání: '"Josepha W.M. Tai"'
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Josepha W.M. Tai, Sally C. Y. Wong, Pui Hing Chau, Wai Kei Lo, Jonathan H. K. Chen, W.M. Lee, Simon Y.C. So, Ivan W.Y. Wong, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Chi-Hung Chau, Vincent C.C. Cheng, Shuk-Ching Wong
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Infection Control. 45:562-565
Patient empowerment programs in hand hygiene were implemented in 2 extended-care hospitals. Of the 223 patients approached by the infection control nurses, 167 patients (74.9%) participated in the program. A positive response from the health care wor
Autor:
W.S. Li, Sally C. Y. Wong, Lisa M.W. Wong, Radley H.C. Ching, Kwok-Yung Yuen, W.M. Lee, Sara K.Y. Ho, Josepha W.M. Tai, Doris W.Y. Lee, Modissa M.L. Ng, Pak-Leung Ho, Vincent C.C. Cheng, Siddharth Sridhar
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Infection Control
Background Hospital outbreaks of epidemiologically important pathogens are usually caused by lapses in infection control measures and result in increased morbidity, mortality, and cost. However, there is no benchmark to compare the occurrence of hosp
Autor:
Vincent C.C. Cheng, Pui Hing Chau, Simon Y.C. So, Doris W.Y. Lee, Sally C. Y. Wong, W.M. Lee, Sara K.Y. Ho, Josepha W.M. Tai, Kwok-Yung Yuen
Publikováno v:
Journal of Hospital Infection. 90:220-225
Summary Background Unlike direct contact with patients' body, hand hygiene practice is often neglected by healthcare workers (HCWs) and visitors after contact with patients' environment. Contact with hospital environmental items may increase risk of
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Jonathan H. K. Chen, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Pui Hing Chau, Dominic N.C. Tsang, Josepha W.M. Tai, Vincent C.C. Cheng, Vivien W M Chuang, Christopher K C Lai, Sally C. Y. Wong, Pak-Leung Ho, Simon Y.C. So
Publikováno v:
American journal of infection control. 44(10)
With the emergence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in our public hospitals, territory-wide implementation of directly observed hand hygiene before meals and medications for all conscious hospitalized patients reverted the rising VRE inciden
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Kwok-Yung Yuen, Wing-Cheong Yam, E. Y. F. Tse, Josepha W.M. Tai, S.K.Y. Ho, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Acy Wong, Pak-Leung Ho, S.T. Fan, Eric H. Y. Lau, Vincent C.C. Cheng, Miranda C. Y. Yau
Publikováno v:
Journal of Hospital Infection. 79:206-210
This study investigated the transmission dynamics of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a tertiary referral surgical unit with 300 beds. All adult patients were actively screened for MRSA by culture at hospital admission and twice w
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Raymond Liang, Siu Fai Leung, Jack Lee, Karis Kin Fong Cheng, David R. Thompson, Rebecca M.W. Yeung, Josepha W.M. Tai
Publikováno v:
Nursing Research. 60:256-263
Background: Oropharyngeal mucositis (OM) is a significant clinical problem causing profound impairment of health-related quality of life (HQoL) for patients undergoing cancer therapy. The Oropharyngeal Mucositis-Specific Health-Related Quality of Lif
Autor:
Koon-Ho Chan, Iris W. S. Li, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Vincent C.C. Cheng, Josepha W.M. Tai, Ivan Hung, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Kelvin K. W. To, Pak-Leung Ho, Lisa M.W. Wong
Publikováno v:
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 32:229-237
Background.Nosocomial outbreaks of norovirus infection pose a great challenge to the infection control team.Methods.Between November 1, 2009, and February 28, 2010, strategic infection control measures were implemented in a hospital network. In addit
Autor:
David R. Thompson, Raymond Liang, Rebecca M.W. Yeung, Karis Kin Fong Cheng, Josepha W.M. Tai, Sing Fai Leung
Publikováno v:
Supportive Care in Cancer. 16:619-756
Objectives: The aim of this paper was to determine the incidence, symptoms, and health-related quality of life (HQoL) of oropharyngeal mucositis (OM) among patients receiving different types of cancer therapy.Methods: A multicentre was used, and a to
Autor:
Sing Fai Leung, Karis Kin Fong Cheng, Raymond Liang, David R. Thompson, Josepha W.M. Tai, Fion W.O. Ying, Rebecca M.W. Yeung, Alta S.T. Kan
Publikováno v:
Cancer. 109:2590-2599
BACKGROUND. Oropharyngeal mucositis (OM) causes profound impairment of patients' health-related quality of life (HQoL). The aim of the article is to describe the development and preliminary validation of an HQoL instrument, OMQoL, specifically for pa
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Modissa M.L. Ng, Simon Y.C. So, W.M. Lee, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Doris W.Y. Lee, W.S. Li, Lisa M.W. Wong, Sara K.Y. Ho, Radley H.C. Ching, Josepha W.M. Tai, Vincent C.C. Cheng, Pui Hing Chau, Sally C. Y. Wong
Publikováno v:
American journal of infection control. 44(6)
Background The importance of compliance with hand hygiene by patients is increasingly recognized to prevent health care–associated infections. Methods This descriptive study observed the effects of an education campaign, targeted to increase patien