Zugl.: Duisburg, Essen, Univ., Diss., 2009

Zugl.: Karlsruhe, Univ., Diss., 2009 / Hergestellt on demand. - Zusätzliches Online-Angebot unter http://uvka.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/shop/isbn/978-3-86644-407-2

The purpose of this project has been to cut production costs for the fascia panels of Getinge’s largest autoclaves. The cost for the stainless steel plates currently used is very high. An alternative material solution could cut costs significantly. In addition, improvements have been made to the instrument tower which is a central part of the fascia panel. As a result of the new modular design in a new material the instrument tower has been improved in several aspects.

Summary Appropriate, timely, and effective control of sterilisation ranks among the most relevant objectives and aims of a personal healthcare institution. Implementation and evaluation of sterilisation control is one of the ways to ensure quality and safety of medicine. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the sterilisation process using biological indicators, and to verify the implementation of the biological control of sterilizers. The methods of the study. The retrospective analysis of the data of biological control of sterilisation performed in 2003 and 2004. The study evaluated the performance of biological control of the effectiveness of 81 (2003) saturated steam and 76 (2004) dry heat sterilizers. The obtained findings were evaluated according to the requirements of 2003 and 2004 set by the legislation and the internal control of the institution. Results was analysed using Epi info, MS Excel, SPSS statistical programs. Results. In 2003, the number of performed biological inspection of sterilisation was by 1.37 times lesser than that indicated in the legislation. In 2004, this number increased by 1.56 times, and by 1.27 times exceeded the frequency of biological control indicated in the legislation. In 2003, the mean frequency of biological control for one sterilizer was 5.43 cases per year, and in 2004 – 8.82 cases per year. During 2003, correct (meeting all requirements) biological control was performed in 16 (19.75%) sterilizers, and in 2004... [to full text]

MPhilPH / Female tubal sterilisation, often referred to as "tubal ligation" but more often performed these days using laparoscopically-applied metal clips, remains a popular form of contraception in women who have completed their families. A review of the literature on the incidence of failure of tubal sterilisation found many reports of case-series and small clinic-based studies, but only a few larger studies with good epidemiological designs, most recently the US CREST study conducted during the 1980s and early 1990s. The CREST study reported a conditional (life-table) cumulative incidence of failure of 0.55, 0.84, 1.18 and 1.85 per 100 women at 1, 2, 4 and 10 years of follow-up respectively. The study described here estimated a lower bound for the incidence of tubal sterilisation failure in NSW by probabilistically linking routinely-collected hospital admission records for women undergoing sterilisation surgery to hospital admission records for the same women which were indicative of subsequent conception or which represented censoring events such as hysterectomy or death in hospital. Data for the period July 1992 to June 2000 were used. Kaplan-Meier and proportional-hazards survival analyses were performed on the resulting linked data set. The conditional cumulative incidence per 100 women at 1, 2 4 and 8 years of follow-up was estimated to be 0.74 (95% CI 0.68-0.81), 1.05 (0.97-1.13), 1.33 (1.23-1.42) and 1.51 (1.39-1.62) respectively. Forty percent of failures ended in abortion and 14% presented as ectopic pregnancies. Age, private health insurance status and sterilisation in a smaller hospital were all found to be associated with lower rates of failure. Strong evidence of time-limited excess numbers of failures in women undergoing surgery in particular hospitals was also found. The study demonstrates the feasibility of using linked, routinely-collected health data to evaluate relatively rare, long-term outcomes such as sterilisation failure on a population-wide basis.

Zugl.: Hamburg, Univ., Diss., 2008

Techn. Universiẗat, Diss., 2006--München.

München, Techn. Univ., Diss., 2004. / Erscheinungsjahr an der Haupttitelstelle: 2003

Das Vorkommen von alpha-Dicarbonylverbindungen werden in 2 Schwerpunkten dokumentiert. Zum einen werden mehrere Honige auf Ihren Gehalt an 3-DG, GO und MGO neben HMF analysiert und die Bildung wärend einer Lagerung beobachtet. Zum anderen wird die Entstehung von alpha-Dicarbonylen und anderen cytotoxischen Glucoseabbauprodukten bei der Behandlung von Lösungen der Peritonealdialyse mit hohen Druck beobachtet.

Das Vorkommen von alpha-Dicarbonylverbindungen werden in 2 Schwerpunkten dokumentiert. Zum einen werden mehrere Honige auf Ihren Gehalt an 3-DG, GO und MGO neben HMF analysiert und die Bildung wärend einer Lagerung beobachtet. Zum anderen wird die Entstehung von alpha-Dicarbonylen und anderen cytotoxischen Glucoseabbauprodukten bei der Behandlung von Lösungen der Peritonealdialyse mit hohen Druck beobachtet.