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1. Infection Control. Updates.

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Sudhakar, Christopher and Sudhakar, Christopher

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Public health & preventive medicine
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Summary: Health care associated infection is coupled with significant morbidity and mortality. Prevention and control of infection is indispensable part of health care delivery system. Knowledge of Preventing HAI can help health care providers to make informed and therapeutic decisions thereby prevent or reduce these infections. Infection control is continuously evolving science that is constantly being updated and enhanced. The book will be very useful for all health care professionals to combat with health care associated infections.

2. Determinants of Medication Non-Adherence Among the Elderly with Co-Existing Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Rural Areas of Udupi District in Karnataka, India

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K,Jeyalakshmi, Rao,Mahadev, YN,Shashidhara, Thunga,Girish, N,Ravishankar, Sudhakar,Christopher, Sanatombi Devi,Elsa, K,Jeyalakshmi, Rao,Mahadev, YN,Shashidhara, Thunga,Girish, N,Ravishankar, Sudhakar,Christopher, and Sanatombi Devi,Elsa

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Jeyalakshmi K,1 Mahadev Rao,2 Shashidhara YN,1 Girish Thunga,2 Ravishankar N,3 Christopher Sudhakar,4 Elsa Sanatombi Devi5 1Department of Community Health Nursing, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India; 2Department of Pharmacy Practice, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India; 3Department of Biostatistics, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi, India; 4Department of Mental Health Nursing & Director - Quality, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India; 5Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, IndiaCorrespondence: Elsa Sanatombi Devi, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India, Tel +91 8310769938, Fax +91 820 292 2572, Email elsa.sana@manipal.eduPurpose: Medication adherence is a crucial component in the management of elderly with co-morbid chronic conditions. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the determinants of medication non-adherence among rural elderly with co-morbid chronic conditions of hypertension (HTN) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in India.Patients and Methods: This cross-sectional study adopted the probability proportional to size (PPS) sampling technique to find the determinants of medication non-adherence among elderly residing in rural coverage areas of five randomly selected primary health centres (PHC) in Udupi district, Karnataka, India. A total of 360 elderly (72 samples from each cluster) who met the inclusion criteria and consented were interviewed using predesigned prevalidated and standardized or reliable tools. The data were coded and entered in SPSS version 16.0 and analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics.Results: The study found that 55.6% (n=200) of rural elderly with co-morbi

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2023

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