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van Gils, R.H.J. (author), Kornelisse, R. F. (author), Dankelman, J. (author), Helder, O. K. (author)
Background: Compliance with the recommended 30 s drying time of alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) is often suboptimal. To increase hand hygiene compliance at a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), we installed an Incubator Traffic Light (ITL) system which shows ‘green light’ to open incubator doors after the recommended drying time. Aim: To...
journal article 2024
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Wang, C.W. (author), Jiang, W. (author), Yang, K. (author), Sarsenbayeva, Z. (author), Tag, B. (author), Dingler, T. (author), Goncalves, J. (author), Kostakos, V. (author)
Objectives: Hand hygiene has long been promoted as the most effective way to prevent the transmission of infection. However, due to low compliance and low quality of hand hygiene reported in previous studies, constant monitoring of hand hygiene compliance and quality among healthcare workers is crucial. This study investigated the feasibility...
journal article 2023
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Barrientos Paras, Mariana (author)
Girls and women in Uganda lack Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) information, and proper tools and facilities to manage their periods. There are different methods that girls in rural areas use to manage their menstruation such as cloths or pads. This project focuses on menstrual pads as they are hygienic, absorbent, and comfortable. Therefore,...
master thesis 2022
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Cai, Wenyan (author)
Efficient local air recirculation at ceiling level promote the performance of purifiers and anti-epidemic efficiency of mixing ventilation in a small shared rooms
master thesis 2022
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Satriani, S. (author), Saffana Ilma, Izana (author), Daniel, D. (author)
This study provides an overview of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) research trends in Indonesia from 1975 until April 2021. The systematic review compiled 272 articles related to the Sustainable Development Goals 6.1 and 6.2 in Indonesia, which were published in the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The results showed that the water...
journal article 2022
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van Bindsbergen, Kelly L.A. (author), van der Hoek, Hinke (author), van Gorp, Marloes (author), Ligthart, Mike E.U. (author), Hindriks, K.V. (author), Neerincx, M.A. (author), Alderliesten, T. (author), Bosman, P.A.N. (author), Merks, Johannes H.M. (author)
Objectives: Children with cancer often experience sleep problems, which are associated with many negative physical and psychological health outcomes, as well as with a lower quality of life. Therefore, interventions are strongly required to improve sleep in this population. We evaluated interactive education with respect to sleep hygiene with...
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Loth, M. (author)
Humans are travelling, and they may need a toilet on the go. <br/>However, they try to avoid this toilet because they perceive it as being dirty.<br/>This research project improved the Dutch train toilet's hygiene by reducing physical, mental, and social distances between toilet, dirt, and train travellers.
doctoral thesis 2021
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van Asselt, Noah (author)
With the significant industrial and economic growth of the beginning of the twentieth century life was busy and of fast pace. Every now and then citizens wanted to escape from reality. Spending time in nature became popular and eventually the trend of outdoor-living emerged. After having been outside for a while people were able to return to...
student report 2021
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Daniel, D. (author)
Household hygiene is critical to prevent pathogen transmission at the household level. Assessing household hygiene conditions and their determinants are needed to improve hygiene conditions, especially in rural and less developed areas where the housing conditions are relatively worse than they are in urban areas. This study used data from 278...
journal article 2021
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Joseph Thaddeus, Agnelo Iasanth (author)
Menstruation is a natural and healthy monthly phenomenon for women. However, many women across India struggle with it. Due to a number of barriers, these women are not able to use sanitary products resulting in a risk of contracting reproductive tract infections (RTIs), also their self-esteem and self-confidence also gets affected. This has...
master thesis 2020
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Daniel, D. (author), Diener, Arnt (author), van de Vossenberg, Jack (author), Bhatta, Madan (author), Marks, Sara J. (author)
Accurate assessments of drinking water quality, household hygenic practices, and the mindset of the consumers are critical for developing effective water intervention strategies. This paper presents a microbial quality assessment of 512 samples from household water storage containers and 167 samples from points of collection (POC) in remote...
journal article 2020
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Djohan, Dennis (author), Machairas, Ilias (author), van Lienden, Kirsten (author), Prihesti Iswarani, Widya (author)
This research aims to identify the key stakeholders, explain factors that influence water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) behaviours, determine the chance of bacterial contamination in water, and hygiene and sanitary practises in East Sumba. The interview results show that DinKes (health agency), PAMSIMAS (rural water company), and the village...
student report 2019
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Tüfekçi, Yasir (author)
Virtual Reality glasses are being used in hospitals in order to combat pain and anxiety. These glasses are consumer products however. This project aims to find a feasible solution by designing a custom product that replaces the problems diagnosed in the current product and that enhances the user experience.
master thesis 2019
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Yao, Xinhe (author)
To study passenger contentment data and design for a better hygiene experience for a future aircraft: flying-v, researches and design were performed step by step. Firstly, to understand the overall situation of current flying experience, data were gathered from three co-creation sessions and a survey of 128 participants with experience of long...
master thesis 2019
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Herrig, Ilona (author), Seis, W.A.A. (author), Fischer, Helmut (author), Regnery, Julia (author), Manz, Werner (author), Reifferscheid, Georg (author), Böer, Simone (author)
Background: Fecal indicator organisms such as Escherichia coli, enterococci, and coliphages are important to assess, monitor, and predict microbial water quality in natural freshwater ecosystems. To improve predictive modelling of fecal indicators in surface waters, it is vital to assess the influence of autochthonous and allochthonous...
journal article 2019
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Keuten, M.G.A. (author)
As swimmers enter a swimming pool, they release micro-organisms, particles and soluble substances. While chlorine is often used to inactivate micro-organisms, a side-effect of chlorination is the formation of unwanted disinfection by-products. In order to reduce these by-products, more knowledge is needed on the release of pollutants by bathers...
doctoral thesis 2018
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Randles, David (author)
The subject of this thesis report is a new concept design recommendation for Zodiac Aerospace with respect to better hygiene and cleanliness in aircraft lavatories during long haul flights.An integrated design research approach is taken to solve the issue of poor hygienic behaviour in the lavatory. This includes an analysis of the current...
master thesis 2018
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Bos, P. (author)
The food and beverage industry often uses pneumatic cylinders to enable machinery in food processing plants to move. The requirements around hygiene are strict. This is to prevent consumer food from getting contaminated with pathogenic microorganisms. The food itself and the intensive chemical cleaning products used, form a harsh environment for...
master thesis 2015
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Rosendahl, M.A. (author)
This project is part of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Delft University of Technology. Due to the lack of proper sanitation facilities in Indian slums, there are hardly any possibilities for women to discretely manage their menstrual affairs during the day. If women are not able to address...
master thesis 2014
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Boog, M.C. (author), Erasmus, V. (author), De Graaf, J.M. (author), Van Beeck, E.H.E. (author), Melles, M. (author), Van Beeck, E.F. (author)
Background The introduction of alcohol-based hand rub dispensers has had a positive influence on compliance of healthcare workers with the recommended guidelines for hand hygiene. However, establishing the best location for alcohol-based hand rub dispensers remains a problem, and no method is currently available to optimize the location of these...
journal article 2013
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