Showing posts with label mnemonics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mnemonics. Show all posts

Saturday, July 4, 2009

- Components of Quality of health care.

components of Quality of health care are collected in the word


" Re-cast"
- Interpersonal Relationship which refers to the inter-action between providers and clients, health team and community and in between medical staff.

- Effectivness.

- Efficiency.

- Continuity:- client recieve ccomplete health service without interruption,cessation or unneccessary repetition of diagnosis or treatment.

- Accessibility:- health care must be unrestricted.

- Amenities ( Non medical aspect of Quality) .

- Safety = minimizing risk of danger

( infection,injury,harmfuk side effects)

for both clients & providers.

- Technical compotence = clinical skills.



see you,
Dr Ibrahim

Thursday, July 2, 2009

- Tuberculin non reactors high risk groups.

One of the indications for administration of BCG vaccine is

"Tuberculin non reactors high risk groups"

they are "Dig camp"


- Dangerous group of the community who deal with large number of people transmitting infection to them ..e.g food handlers,teachers,nurses,wet nurses,hair dressers.

- Industrial workers especially exposure to silica dust as T.B follow silicosis as its shadow.

- Geriatric homes .


- Contacts with cases.

- Camps.

- Cases of D.M & chronic debilitating diseases.


- Agricultural workers and farmers.

- Adolescents with symptoms > 4 weeks.


- Medical and Paramedical persons.

- Military groups.

- Malnutrition syndrome.


- People of underdeveloped countries and living in slums.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

- Non typhoidal salmonella.

-Non typhoidal salmonella are bacteria which cause

salmonellosis in human which is a type of

food poisoning...

- While typhoidal salmonella lead to Typhoid

-Non typhoidal salmonella are collected in word


"sect"

- Salmonella Sonnei.

- Salmonella Enteritidis
.

- Salmonella Cholerae suis.

- Salmonella Typhimurium.



See you,

Dr Ibrahim.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

- causes of re-emerging of T.B.

causes of re-emerging of T.B

Or

why does the burden of T.B increases?!

"Dim shape"


- Demographic changes e.g poor housing and overcrowding.


- Immuno-suppressive drugs.


- Microbial adaptation.

- Multi-drug resistant for T.B.

- Malnutrition.


- Smoking.


- HIV.


- Addiction.


- Increase Prevalence of T.B diagnosis than expected.


- Environmental factors e.g air pollution.

- Decrease Effectiveness of BCG.



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