Thika Level 5 Hospital
Use of mobile phone short text message service to enhance cervical cancer screening at the Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kiambu County, Kenya.
... the Thika Level 5 Hospital have the same socio-economic factors that have shown to have a strong relationship of increased cancer of cervix (Mhasike et al 2011; Van der Velden et ...
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Seroprevalence of Cytomegalovirus Infection and Associated Risk Factors among Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Patients Attending Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kenya
... DOI: 10.4236/oji.2018.81001 3 Open Journal of Immunology tive patients from different age groups attending comprehensive care clinic at Thika level 5 Hospital, Kiambu County between November ...
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Prevalence of Bacteriuria and Antibiotic Sensitivity Profile of Bacterial Isolates among Sexually Active Nonpregnant Women Attending Thika Level 5 Hospital
... Bacteriuria is commonly found in women and about thirty three percent (33%) of adult women have encountered an incidence of symptomatic cystitis at least once in their life time. In case the uropathogens are unidentified ...
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Prevalence and determinations of iron-deficiency anaemia among children 6-23 months attending Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kiambu County, Kenya
... This study was designed to establish the prevalence of IDA and its determinant factors in children aged 6-23 months attending a well-baby clinic at Thika level 5 Hospital, Kenya. A total of ...
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Utilization of Service Charters in Public Hospitals in Kenya: A Case of Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kiambu County
... (Thika Hospital HIS, ...of Thika level 5 Hospital, Hospital administrators and Thika hospital research ...
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Antimicrobial Resistant Escherichia Coli Genes in Children Aged Below Five Years Presenting with Diarrhoea at Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kiambu County, Kenya
... Diarrhoea is one of the leading causes of illness and death among children in developing countries, where an estimated 1.3 billion episodes and 4 to 10 million deaths occur each year in children less than 5 years ...
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Isolation, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Profiling of Bacteria Found on Thika Level 5 Hospital Surfaces, Kenya
... Of the 85 plates cultured, 47 plates showed bacterial growth (55%) on selective media with a significant P value of 0.0357. Seven different species of bacteria were identified biochemically from all sites, Escherichia ...
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Use of Mobile Phone Short Text Message Service to Enhance Cervical Cancer Screening at Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kiambu County, Kenya: A Randomised Controlled Trial
... Abstract Cervical cancer is a major public health problem among adult women especially in developing countries hence its control is of paramount importance. Organized screening programs have led to a large decline in ...
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Status and Challenges of Hazardous Waste Managementamong Handlers at Thika Level 5 Hospital, Thika Sub-County, Kiambu County, Kenya
... in Thika level 5 hospital could be due to inadequate finances and low commitment of key personnel in ensuring proper ...the hospital was done in the year ...
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Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kenya: a cross-sectional study
... There were some intriguing findings revealed by the molecular analyses. In particular, we note that in com- parison to isolate collections from other settings, there were high proportions of isolates with genes for the ...
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Consistent Condom Use among HIV Positive Women Attending Comprehensive Care Centre of Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kenya
... Respondents with tertiary level of education were 2.5 times more likely to report consistent use of condoms [aOR = 2.54; 95%CI = 1.30 - 4.95; P = 0.006] than those who attended primary education. Women who dis- ...
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Utilization of the Nursing Process among Nurses Working at a Level 5 Hospital, Kenya
... Abstract Background: The nursing process is a valuable tool that has revolutionized nursing practice for better patient outcome. Utilization of nursing process (NP) is however usually compromised by various internal and ...
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Changing Use of Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Thika Hospital, Kenya: A Quality Improvement Intervention with an Interrupted Time Series Design
... Thika Level 5 Hospital is a 300-bed Government Hospital in the town of Thika, approximately 50 km NE of Nairobi, ...at Thika Hospital from August 2010 to December ...
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Characteristics of Type 2 Diabetes Patients and Their Association with the Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk Factors at Thika Level Five Hospital in Kenya
... Type 2 Diabetes is a group of metabolic disorders of multiple etiologies characterized by chronic hyperglycemia [1]. It is further characterized by disturbances of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism as a result of ...
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Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Bacterial Uropathogens Isolated From Patients in Nakuru Level 5 Hospital, Kenya
... and 11μl of deionized water. Amplifi- cation is conducted using thermocycler Epen- droff programmed cycler for initial denaturation at 94°C for 3 min., 35 cycle of denaturation at 94°C for 30sec., annealing 59°C 30sec., ...
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Conclusion: Methanol poisoning is problem of public health importance in Kenya. There are no guidelines, flow charts and protocols
... An emergency preparedness plan was present in 2(17%) of the facilities assessed. The preparedness plan included all types of emergencies. Flow charts and protocols regarding management of methanol poisoning were observed ...
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Psychometric validation of the EuroQoL 5 dimension (EQ 5D) questionnaire in patients with spondyloarthritis
... Most scores were able to differentiate between pa- tients with current back pain and spinal pain in the past week (Tables 5 and 6). Higher disease activity was well-differentiated by EQ-5D-5 L and SF-36 ...
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Determinants of Utilization of Hospital Delivery among Post-Natal Mothers in Thika and Kangundo Hospitals, Kenya
... “first I was asked whether I had essential package for delivery I did not have and my neighbor had gone home I had to call her back to bring before I could be admitted” (FGD client from Thika). Patients are not ...
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Level of depression in cancer patients seeking treatment at cancer diseases hospital in Zambia
... treatment. These side effects are more and more commonly addressed through physical and psychosocial rehabilitation (European Journal of Cancer, 2005). Common among patients with cancer and particularly those receiving ...
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Risk factors for perinatal death in two different levels of care: a case–control study
... Sorocabano Hospital (level II hospital), and Botucatu Medical School Hospital (level III-hospital), which are both located in Botucatu/SP, Brazil, and cover a population of ...
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