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Innovative Educational Approach in Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention a...
Pinto, Maria do Rosário; Simões, Joaquim; Reis, Alcinda; Cunha, Fátima; Caseiro, Helena; Patrzała, Amelia; Bączyk, GrazinaPrevent and control healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is a priority in healthcare assistance, not only due to present COVID-19 pandemic. Annually, around 3.2 million patients are affected by one of these infections and it is estimated that without controlling them, by 2050, 10 million more people could die every year, with especial relevance among elderly with infectious situations representing a third of...
Impact of an Innovative Securement Dressing and Tourniquet in Peripheral Intrav...
Parreira, Pedro; Serambeque, Beatriz; Costa, Paulo S.; Mónico, Lisete; Oliveira, Vânia; Sousa, Liliana B.; Gama, Fernando; Bernardes, Rafael A.Reusable tourniquets and conventional securement dressings are considered risk factors for the occurrence of reported complications and catheter-related bloodstream infections. This study's purpose is to assess the impact of single-use disposable tourniquets and advanced occlusive polyurethane dressings with reinforced cloth borders on peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC)-related complications and contaminati...
Low dose irradiation of three-dimensional cell cultures has an acute effect on ...
Costa, Pedro; Lemos, Joana; Cunha, Lídia; Genésio, Paula; Ponte, Fernanda; Costa, Paulo S.; Crespo, Paulo; Metello, Luís F.Low doses of ionizing radiation are not yet consistently studied and documented. In such context, more advanced and complex biological models should be applied to obtain relevant data. Recognizing several known limitations and difficulties of the current monolayer cellular models, as well as the increasing difficulties to use advanced biological models, our group has been developing advanced biological alternat...
Low dose irradiation impact on proliferation rate and genetic damage in three-d...
Costa, Pedro; Lemos, Joana; Kocevar, Barbara; Cunha, Lídia; Genésio, Paula; Ponte, Fernanda; Costa, Paulo S.; Sersa, Gregory; Metello, Luís F.Biological effects of low doses of ionizing radiation are not yet consistently studied and documented. In this context, more advanced and complex biological models should be applied to obtain relevant data. Recognizing the need to evolve and develop advanced biological models, in order to try overcome as much as possible known limitations and difficulties of the current monolayer cellular models, as well as the...
Modern Radiobiology: Study of Ionizing Radiation Biological Effects using Three...
Costa, Pedro; Lemos, Joana; Cunha, Lídia; Carvalho, António P.; Vasconcelos, Vítor; Genésio, Paula; Ponte, Fernanda; Costa, Paulo S.; Crespo, PauloBiological effects of high doses of ionizing radiation are reasonably well studied and documented. Nevertheless, there is a clear lack of information and/or evidence concerning biological effects of Low Doses, namely at medical imaging levels, as those characterizing Nuclear Medicine and Radiology typical environments. Our group has being involved in the in vitro study of these low dose radiobiological effects....