Handwashing and social distancing were the twin pillars on which pressure on the National Health Service (NHS) would be eased, while community testing and contact tracing – techniques being used in many other developed countries - would not be pursued. With the UK four weeks behind Italy in ...
Increasing screening, improving local accountability and performance management, careful use of antibiotics in the management of emergency patients, health economy wide approaches, and improved hand washing will be effective in lowering the rate of HCAIs. This paper reviews current NHS Control Policies ...
Of key importance and utmost relevance to policy, what difference could smoking cessation make towards the government’s target of improving HLE by 5 years by 2035? In this paper, we investigate what gains in HLE could be achieved in this time horizon, what the health and mortality impacts wo...
passage of virus exposed to a single neutralising mAb led to selection of escape mutant of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro, whereas a cocktail of two neutralising antibodies to independent epitopes prevented emergence of neutralisation-escape mutations, demonstrating the importance of a polyclonal antibody response...
Thus, we propose that PIEZO2 is a polymodal mechanosensor that detects different types of mechanical stimuli via different force transmission pathways, which highlights the importance of utilizing multiple complementary assays when investigating PIEZO function....
for any urinary or low abdominal pain or discomfort. All assessments mentioned above should be performed at least every 6 h. Informing the patient about the treatment and treatment goals as well as the importance of reporting any symptoms of HC will help ensure that appropriate actions and early...
Write 100 words comparing the importance of asking the right question with researching the answer Asking the right question is just as important, if not more important, than researching the answer. This is because a well-formed question can help to clarify the issue at hand and provide a clear...
an important aspect of research impact. Collaborations with policy advocacy groups, think tanks and government institutions can be listed as part of this description. In the LSHTM study, researchers emphasised the importance of establishing networks that extended beyond the formal bureaucracy as "knowledg...
Guidelines for implementing and evaluating complex interventions stress the importance of a pilot phase [21] and government support for national hand hygiene campaigns in France, Belgium and Germany was identified [2, 22] as central to their success. The piloting of the campaign in a small number...
Also, that students can work is not a killer argument against the equal importance of living cost support. There’s a growing literature on the impact of working, especially in term-time. It’s not all discouraging: some types of working, at some level, for some people, appear to be fin...