Conformity Literature Reviews Samples For Students

Research Question: Do health care workers comply with hand washing strategies at the hospital level?

Annotated Bibliography
Asare, A., Enweronu-Laryea, C. C., & Newman, M. J. (2009). Hand hygiene practices in a neonatal intensive care unit in Ghana. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 3(05), 352-356.
In this study, the researchers sought to assess hand hygiene practices and the nature of patient contact in physicians and nurses at a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Ghana. The study was descriptive and cross-sectional, lasted two weeks, and the amount time of observation daily was 5 hours. The researchers assessed compliance to alcohol rub as well. Compliance to hand washing before and after patient contact ...

2A. Appraising Quantitative and Qualitative Research

Quantitative Study
One source of bias during data collection is the use of self-report data (Polit & Beck 2012). Chivers et al. (2001) obtained data through the SF-36 and Beck depression inventory which required the patients to answer questionnaires. If they failed to give accurate answers, it would have affected the validity of the findings. The study design also allowed patients to receive other clinically appropriate treatments that were beyond the study protocol (Chivers et al. 2001). Additional treatments are confounding variables but their influence on the study outcomes was not estimated in the statistical analysis. This reduces confidence in ...

Synopsis

Franny and Zoey were written as two different stories, the first being a short story about Franny, a college student dissatisfied with the pretentious American society as epitomized by her boyfriend, Lane. He even pretends he does not remember the letter he was just reading before the train arrived. The events of the story take place at a French restaurant where Lane takes Franny during their date, and the conversation that ensues is indicative of just how the two are different. Lane talks incessantly about his school work and assumes that Franny does not understand some of the words ...

ISO 14001:2004

ISO 14000 is a family of standards that have been created for environmental management. Their main purpose is to define standards and requirements in order to help organizations reduce their operations, which may have negative effect on the environment. This standard notably includes ISO 14001, which represents a core set of standards to be used by organizations in designing and implementing an effective environmental management system. The current version is ISO 14001: 2004. This standard sets a criterion for environmental management system. It does not describe the requirements for environmental performances, but has developed a framework that a company or organization can follow in ...

Introduction

Pharmaceutical companies should create and follow a standard operating procedure by implementing a cleaning validation to ensure future patient safety. Validation has received great attention by the FDA in recent inspections. Manufacturers must validate their cleaning process to ensure compliance with GMP regulations 1. One of the main keys in the manufacturing of dosage formulation is to develop cleaning procedures that will remove all types of residues from the equipment and containers. The goal of Cleaning Validation is to ensure effectiveness in cleaning equipment, and to prevent pollution and cross contamination of drug products to ensure the quality, safety; efficacy and ...

LITERATURE REVIEW

Although the concept of corporate governance has been in practice for several decades, it gained worldwide popularity and significance since the collapse of a number of corporate giants and bank chains in the United States in the early 2000s. The idea of corporate governance is the major factor that links stakeholder interests with the objectives of the organization. As Solms and Solms point out, corporate governance could be defined as “the set of processes, customs, policies, laws, and institutions affecting the way a corporation (or company) is directed, administered or controlled” (Solms & Solms, 2008, p.2). In the current business context, shareholders, ...

Women’s health is an important area to consider. Particularly, the critical stage in their life is the stage when they achieve the motherhood. Numerous care specialists investigated this specific stage so as to gain insights of clinical importance. In such context, the present description deals with a topic, Mammography-Literature review on Breast compression.
Briefly, a breast compression refers to ‘breast flattening’ such that the adequate quantity of tissue could be visualized through imaging and tested, during a mammographic examination (Breast Compression,2015)
Rationale: Breast compression, at the time of mammography, is one of the various fundamental technical approaches ...

Abstract

Maintaining a highly effective waste management system is an important part of being a clean and green city. While this may not be the top priority for some countries, especially the developing ones—because keeping a clean and green city can be costly; there are countries that are making long term investments for a more effective waste management system in the future. This can be evidenced by the fact that even countries like Qatar and the city of Dubai are finding it hard to find the political and economic will to develop and enforce environmental law and regulations. If ...

Abstract

Physical activity (exercise) is largely thought to be an indispensable part of human wellbeing. The growing prosperity, material/food abundance, sedentary transport and sedentary lifestyles is linked with the growing incidence of lifestyle diseases including CVD. CVD is currently among most common diseases in developed nations. In the UK alone, an estimated 7 million people are living CVD, which accounts for 160,000 deaths annually. Treatment strategies (including physical activity) have been rigorously tested in cohort studies. However, the type, intensity, and duration of physical activity remain in question. This review is seeking to find theoretical and empirical support for ...

Abstract

Tuberculosis, better known as TB, is an infectious disease that affects the global community. Its incidence rate has been significant in the New Zealand region where the disease is considered to be pandemic and has accrued a significant burden on the healthcare system for its demands on timely diagnosis and treatment. Although a decline of its incidence in New Zealand was noted, such decline halted sometime in the 1980’s and the rate of incidence becomes consistent thereafter and it remains to be an apparent health problem in the region which is highly associated with migration issues and other factors that ...

Introduction to MRSA

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial strain of S. aureus that that has developed a resistance to certain types of antibiotics, including methicillin, penicillin, oxacillin, and amoxicillin (Farley 2008). The types of infections differ according to whether the MRSA infection was acquired in the hospital setting (HA-MRSA) or whether it was a community acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) infection. The most severe MRSA infections are those acquired in health care facilities and include infections of the bloodstream or surgical wounds, and pneumonia. MRSA bacteremia is often fatal, thus timely and aggressive intervention is critical in patients at high risk of death; for example, ...

Interpersonal and Organizational Communication

Abstract
Communication represents a significant component of institutions. Effective communication is mandatory for a particular business to meet its objectives. Communications among the employees as well as other stakeholders keep the business on track. It is essential for the management of an institution to be aware of the barriers to effective interpersonal as well as institutional communication. Besides, the managers must also understand the various communication modes that are appropriate to the business entity. Effective communication is a crucial ingredient in the success of a business entity. Therefore, a proper understanding of institutional and interpersonal communication is necessary.
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ACCORDING TO THE 2001 INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION'S ARTICLES ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF STATES FOR INTERNATIONALLY WRONGFUL ACTS, WHAT ARE THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF BREACHES OF PEREMPTORY NORMS OF GENERAL INTERNATIONAL LAW AND WHO CAN INVOKE THEM?

Literature Review

The study of Marjan Ajevski “Serious Breaches, The Draft Articles on State Responsibility And Universal Jurisdiction” contemplates the issue of the responsibility of the states over the violation of the international norms. According to the author, the first attempts to define the framework of the state responsibility were made in 1976, when the distinction between the crimes and delicts was provided. Moreover, the ...

Informed Consent in Healthcare Services

Informed Consent in Healthcare Services
With the implementation of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) in 1996, new privacy regulations were in place concerning issues such as informed consent and patient authorization (Stember, 2005, p. 10). It was important for professionals to fully understand the fact of these new regulations on policies and activities so that they could ensure they were conforming to best practices. In the human services field, it is quite common for the terms "informed consent" and "authorization" for professionals to use these two terms interchangeably when referring to a written permission form that grants ...

Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is a broad term describing all heart and circulation diseases, including heart failure, stroke, arterial fibrillation, cardiomyopathy and coronary heart disease. CVD accounts for upwards of 28% of all deaths occurred in the UK (160,000) in 2012, and an estimated 7 million people were thought have been living with the condition. The disease costs the country an estimated £19 billion annually in lost productivity, premature death, and medication costs (£6.8 billion). Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is by far the most common and deadly of CVDs, accounting for 16% of male deaths and 10% of female deaths ...

Everybody has something innate that is endowed upon a person without compensation and voluntarily. According to Richard and David, every person is endowed with a calling that help them to fulfill a unique purpose in this world. For me, there are various gifts that rejuvenate my determination and shape up means to achieve my goals in future. Such gifts include a gift of singing, a gift of storytelling and a gift of cooking. I realized that storytelling is my gift when my cousins and my neighbor’s kids started to beg me to tell them bed time stories especially about adventures. Whenever, I am telling ...

As Evidenced in Wal-Mart and Starbucks

Introduction
- Conformity to consumption trend
- Soft-sell and hard-sell: advertising
- Country of Origin: global belonging
- “Good impression”
- Social prestige - CVI

Conclusion

Introduction:
When it comes to looking into and discussing how Wal-Mart should change their policies to increase their standing within the Global Consumer Culture Positioning (GCCP), few concepts have been developed and employed successfully. Globalization, an important concept in the business world and competitive market, is all about the combination and assimilation of local cultures as they compare to the masses, not the cultures individually. According to the ...

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Introduction

This literature review is intended to determine the effect of infection to the disability, mobility and psychological state of patients undergoing orthopedic surgery, comparing each in accordance to compliance or not of the surgical procedure to the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP). Upon review however of the five available orthopedic surgical studies, there was no indication of any compliance or not to the SCIP protocol of the surgical procedures performed. The nearest mention of elements found in the protocol, such as anesthesia (SCIP-3) and postoperative blood glucose (SCIP-4) measurement, was found in Lin, Lin, Huang, Hsu, & Lin (2011). ...

An important aspect of providing quality healthcare is ensuring the diagnosis, giving proper care, and encouraging compliance of acre for those who have chronic diseases. People who suffer from chronic ailments come in every age, both genders, all ethnicities, and from all socio-economic backgrounds.
Diabetes is a disease that is being increasingly common in the United States. About 24 million Americans have the disease, or about 8% of the population, which can lead to disability and even death. The largest increase is in younger people, with the largest cause being obesity. Some of the measurements associated with diabetes include ...

4.1 Main research questions and sub research questions used
Main question: How can the current medical treatments data synchronization be optimized in relation to the hospital billing system for a more efficient and accurate billing system?

Sub question 1: Which medical billing systems is state-of-the-art in medical treatment data synchronization at this moment? (Literature)

Sub question 2: How could the current data processing and billing system be described? (Analysis)
Sub question 3: What are the requirements for an efficient, effective and accurate billing system? (Redesign)
Literature Review
Introduction
Recent literature shows that the development in technology brings numerous things that individuals have not had in many years, especially in the healthcare. The basis ...

U.S. GAAP versus IFRS.

ABSTRACT

There are notable differences between the International Accounting Standard Boards and the Financial Accounting Standard Boards models of accounting for income tax. Efforts to harmonize the two standards through the Exposure Draft were dropped in 2009 and have not been reviewed thereafter. In 2012, SEC staff provided a final IFRS framework that outlined its efforts and findings but did not provide any conclusions or recommendations for any actions. The difference between IFRS and US GAAP remain significantly felt in many areas and are of major interests to users of financial statements. The main areas of comparison ...

Requirement for the Manufacture of Drugs concerning Public Safety

Abstract
The study will focus on pharmaceutical companies’ standard operation procedures. More in depth, the study will determine if cleaning validation and verification is a successful way to keep the quality of manufactured drugs at a high standard. The importance of the validation of a sterilization process will be examined. The study will list reasons for validation of sterilization through a set of regulatory expectations put in place by the FDA.
The regulatory expectations of the FDA will support the methods and analysis used to conduct this study. The study will also examine the success and failure of cleaning validation through ...

Literature review

Introduction
Corporate governance, the system used in the administration and control of corporate bodies has undergone a history of evolution to the point which it is today. In the last two decades, the advancement in technology have also seen a drastic change in corporate governance where the distinction between ownership and management has become more and more blurred and directors and management are usually now part owners of the firms that they work for. Ideally, corporate governance is a system which involves the establishment of a system of the management and control of companies through complex mechanisms of regulatory frameworks and money ...

Patient Situation and Literature Review

Patients receiving chemotherapy treatment for cancer experience a great deal of extremely unpleasant and severe side effects. These include immunosuppression, anemia, thrombocytopenia, gastrointestinal symptoms, peripheral neuropathy, alopecia and fatigue (Chemotherapy side effects, n.d.). Effectively managing these symptoms increases patient quality of life despite serious and potentially terminal illness and promotes compliance with treatment in order to optimize the benefits (Perwitasari et al., 2012). Nausea and vomiting are particularly distressing symptoms among patients and nurses working in the oncology ward must be knowledgeable regarding the range of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic techniques which can be used for control. This paper presents the ...

Introduction

Healthcare involves the collaboration of various medical organizations, institutions, and providers, all of whom manage their own data under different storage and retrieval systems, and though practical and efficient within the target system, there is a lack of uniformity in structure across other systems (Masud et al. 2012). Moreover, there are often variations in data compiled from the same resources. This lack of synergy between the various data storage systems, and the types of information stored, preclude the sharing of data among the various healthcare professionals, institutions, and organizations. E-health systems, on the other hand, allow the storage and retrieval ...

HR and Information Technology (HRIS)

Introduction
Business undertaking involves various pitfalls such as poor organizational traditions, the big squeeze, identity crisis, and organizational failure. These pitfalls continue to be inevitable in an organization until effective HR is adopted. Research has established that the creation of consistent and sustained competitive advantage is achievable through effective HR (Pouransari, Al-Karaghouli, & Dey, 2016). Human resources must be managed well for the success of an organization. Every individual working in an organization plays a contributory role in its management. Tarawneh (2012) argued that since human resources are needed in all aspects of business operations ranging from production to marketing, ...

Quality Assessment

Scanning technology (3D laser scanner technique) measures the dimension of a precast concrete panel using extraction algorithms to measure boundary points with a compensation model to increase measurement accuracy (Kim et al., 2013). 3D laser scanning converts CAD models into BIM, which identifies scanned objects by ensuring precision for rebar mapping before actual drilling as well as rebar detailing for installing rebar cages (Hajian & Brandow, 2012). Before shipping precast concrete elements, dimensional quality assurance (DQA) is carried out to ensure that there are no dimensional defects using a scanner in an automated process that saves time and labor input ( ...

IRON SUPPLEMENTATION DURING PREGNANCY

Iron Supplementation during Pregnancy
Iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy is a risk factor for adverse maternal and perinatal care. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 56 million pregnant women globally get affected with anemia, which is associated with iron deficiency. The large group of pregnant women affected with iron deficiency are mostly the poor and most vulnerable, especially those living in developing countries like South-east Asia. They have insufficient iron to meet the increased iron needs both for them and the foetus. According to Staff (2013), approximately 29% of the pregnant women experience iron depletion.
Iron is vital ...

Literature review

Section 1: Background
Context and rationale for research priorities
Lens handling intensifies the incidence of lens contamination. When lens are aseptically removed from the eye, they still have a high probability of harboring microorganisms. During storage, the frequency of positive microbial bioburden remains high than 50%. The presence or movement of microorganisms from the lens to the ocular surface is a route factor for contact lenses related microbial keratitis and inflammation. There is need to priotise research in this area because the results of the studies help people to understand the factors concomitant to infectious and inflammatory complications. When ...

Non-conformity

“Too many people in the society conform to what the government says is right and moral, when the true meaning of right or moral comes from what each individual holds to be what is right” Henry David Thoreau. (Nina et al, 983)
In this quote, David Thoreau acknowledges there are many things in the contemporary society that can change the character of an individual. Notably, people do not question directives from the government regardless of the morality or the correctness of the issue at hand. Thoreau states that people should examine the morality of an issue depending on ...

The play, ‘The Importance of Being Earnest' by Oscar Wilde which is a ludicrous comedy where we are shown people running away from their community commitments. There is a lot of satire that has been brought out by the writer in most marriages. In some marriages, people are concerned about the name and advantages that come with it. Some look for wealth while the others aim is nobility that is associated with their counterparts (Hörz, Stefanie 94). Jack opted to propose to Gwendolen at the absence of her mother and her cousin, Algernon. However, Gwendolen is not ready to accept ...

Summary and response paper to The Prodigal God Book

Almost everybody has the knowledge and is well conversant with the story in the bible about the prodigal son.it was a parable given out by Jesus. Quite a number of people have got comfort in the parables moral that is about the free forgiveness granted to the repentant prodigals. The prodigals had consumed their lives with misuse living. But, we could ask ourselves if that is the whole point of that story. Keller in his book argues that Jesus’ parable as he sees it is more properly a tale of two sons who are lost, the loving father providing a prodigal grace. The ...

There has been a growing need for proper waste management strategies in various growing co-operations in the world. This is due to the emphasis that has been made by various international environmental conservation organizations on the need for companies to provide a favorable working and living environmental for people in the world. The need for environmental friendly integrations is driven by the need to ensure that there are no further negative impacts that are made on the environment due to poor waste management and other wastes emitted from companies in production such as carbon monoxide emit ion and other poisonous gases ...

Systematic Review

- In my practice, I am observing an increased emphasis on infection prevention. This increased attention to infection prevention measures has been prompted by legislative changes that transferred the financial burden of healthcare-associated infections to hospitals. In 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a directive denying payments to hospitals for certain conditions if they occurred during a hospital stay and had not been present on admission. The CMS was empowered to issue the directive by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. Section 5001(c) of the act required the Secretary of Health and Human Services to identify ...

Introduction

Pregnancy is a milestone characterized by changes in many aspects of women’s lives in ways that can promote or undermine health. It is important for women to cope successfully and be healthy from conception through birth and beyond to achieve the best health outcomes for them and their newborns. Adequate physical activity has many health benefits and should be continued throughout pregnancy. Programs that promote exercise help pregnant women initiate and maintain greater physical activity and a healthier lifestyle. Such programs must consider the unique characteristics, circumstances, and health status of gravid women to be appropriate and effective. Using guidelines ...

The poem “The Road Not Taken,” by Robert Frost, is an interesting poem because it is cries out to be interpreted in a symbolic or metaphorical way. Published in 1916,‘The Road Not Taken” has been interpreted by many readers to be an inspirational work that tries to stir a feeling of individualism in the reader. This, however, might be a misunderstanding of Frost’s cryptic, and very unspecific words, which, based on his close friendship with Edward Thomas, could have been intended to convey a completely different message all together – a message not so uplifting, as many readers may have thought. Matthew Hollis ...

Modern American fiction often concerns itself with identity; the individual is often at stake in part of a larger group, whether it be a family, village, or the societies of a big city. Perhaps it is the very nature of American fiction to place identity at the core of much of its short fiction; as a relatively young country that evolved quickly through colonial times and the industrial revolution, its population comes from around the world yet still seeks to define itself as a nation. Therefore, it is no surprise that in the diverse fiction of America, the theme of identity is wrestled with ...