How can information systems provide support to nurses’ hand hygiene performance? Using gamification and indoor location to improve hand hygiene awareness and reduce hospital infections

Authors: Da Silva MM, Gregório J, Lapão LV, Marques R, Pinheiro F, Póvoa P
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Link: https://bmcmedinformdecismak.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12911-017-0410-z

Hospital-acquired infections are still amongst the major problems health systems are facing. Their occurrence can lead to higher morbidity and mortality rates, increased length of hospital stay, and higher costs for both hospital and patients. Performing hand hygiene is a simple and inexpensive prevention measure, but healthcare workers’ compliance with it is often far from […]
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Scientific Research Policy for Health in Portugal: I – European and National Environment

Authors: Conceição C, Dussault G, Ferrinho P, Guerreiro CS, Hartz Z, Pita Barros P, Russo G, Sambo L, Silveira H, Viveiros M
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Acta Médica Portuguesa
Link: https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/8011

The global debate on scientific research policy for human health has been led by World Health Organisation with important contributions from other stakeholders such as Council on Health Research for Development, the World Bank and the Global Forum for Health Research. Recently it has been dominated by the thematic agendas of major global financiers. There is a […]
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Leishmania infantum antigens modulate memory cell subsets of liver resident T lymphocyte

Authors: Alexandre-Pires G, Claro M, Martins C, Pereira da Fonseca I, Pereira MA, Rafael-Fernandes M, Rodrigues A, Santos-Gomes G, Santos-Mateus D, Tomás AM, Valério-Bolas A
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Immunobiology
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0171298516303564?via%3Dihub

In the recent years, the liver has been recognized as an important immune organ with major regulatory functions and immune memory, adding to the well-described vital metabolic functions. There are evidences from experimental infections performed with visceral Leishmania species that immune responses to parasite infection can be organ-specific. The liver is the compartment of acute […]
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PCR screening of tick-borne agents in sensitive conservation areas, Southeast Portugal

Authors: Antunes S, Domingos A, Duarte LR, Ferrolho J, Melo P, Milhano N, Santos AS, Santos N, Santos PT, Santos-Silva MM
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0890850816301153?via%3Dihub

The Southeast region of Portugal, particularly the Guadiana valley, is currently the reintroduction territory of Lynx pardinus (Iberian lynx), one of the most endangered felids in the world that is only found in the Iberian Peninsula. Over the last century, populations have declined, placing L. pardinus at extremely high risk of extinction in the wild and […]
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High prevalence of Pneumocystis jirovecii dihydropteroate synthase gene mutations in patients with a first episode of Pneumocystis pneumonia in Santiago, Chile, and clinical response to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole therapy

Authors: Bustamante R, Cárdenas A, Chabé M, Durán L, George C, Guerrero J, Huang L, Matos O, Miller RF, Ponce CA, Vargas SL
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Link: http://aac.asm.org/content/61/2/e01290-16

Mutations in the dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) gene of Pneumocystis jirovecii are associated with the failure of sulfa prophylaxis. They can develop by selection in patients receiving sulfa drugs or be acquired via person-to-person transmission. DHPS mutations raise concern about the decreasing efficacy of sulfa drugs, the main available therapeutic tool for Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP). The […]
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How can information systems provide support to nurses’ hand hygiene performance? Using gamification and indoor location to improve hand hygiene awareness and reduce hospital infections

Scientific Research Policy for Health in Portugal: I – European and National Environment

Leishmania infantum antigens modulate memory cell subsets of liver resident T lymphocyte

PCR screening of tick-borne agents in sensitive conservation areas, Southeast Portugal

High prevalence of Pneumocystis jirovecii dihydropteroate synthase gene mutations in patients with a first episode of Pneumocystis pneumonia in Santiago, Chile, and clinical response to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole therapy

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