From December 1999 to April 2001, a survey performed in Dong Da Hospital (Ha Noi) showed that in aseptic operation room, asmosphere met 90% of the standard criterion, and in ordinary operation room 80%. In post operation rooms and resuscitation room high possibility of microbiological pollution was noted. 10 examinations showed the number of anaerobic bacteria on 1m3 of air is over the permissible criterion. In 2 operating rooms and post operative room, 100% of intact surgical instruments draining tubes and perfusion tubes are met the demand, while aspirators and rolling cars are polluted. 11 on 30 patients (36.7%) had any bacteria in the operated lesion. There is some rate of pollution in the cloths and the fingers of patients (33.3% and 26.7% respectively) and there is some rate of bacterial infested in the skin area of infection and installation of drain (10% and 20% respectively)
Cross Infection ; Bacteria ; Infection

A survey was conducted at 5 hospitals in Hanoi: Phu San, Thanh Nhan, Dong Da, Saint Paul, and Duc Giang of Hanoi Department of Health by using WHO Infection Control Audit Tool. The results showed that the average performance scores of nosocomial infection control in these hospitals was 46.4/114 (40.7%). Medical waste management achieved at 92% of total scores, SARS prevention at 86.3%, and hand washing practice at 60%. Some activities were incompletely implemented in these five hospitals, such as policies for safe antibiotics use, surveilance of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains, and preventive measures for special areas. Nosocomial infection control policy, food safety and hygiene, and disinfection and sterilization for medical equipment were 22%, 20% and 20% total standard score, respectively.
Cross Infection ; Infection ; Hospitals

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Cross Infection* ; Infection Control*

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Cross Infection*

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Infection Control*

Testing 3286 samples of dung at 6 communes of Thua Thien - Hue province during 2001-2002 showed that: the total rate of worm infection was 53.16%, inwhich 38.47% of ascaris infection; 14.12% of trichirura and 11.59% of hook worm. In plain area along the coastline had 50% of ascaris; 23.06% of trichirura and in the delta area had 45.86% of ascaris; 13.23% of trichirura; which were higher than that in mountainous areas. The rate of hook worm infection in mountainous areas was 25.54%. Combined infection of 2 or 3 species of worm accounted for 19.12%.
Parasites ; Infection

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Infection Control*

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Cross Infection*

Viruses in the Hantavirus genus, familay Bunyaviridae, include a number of important pathogens that cause haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in humans. In 1995, 78 human serum samples (with haemorrhagic fever syndrome) which were negative for dengue antibodies, 92 healthy human and 58 rodent sera (rattus norvegicus, rattus rattus) were collected for the detection of hantavirus antibodies. Their sera were assayed at first by the IgG- capture ELISA test. These preliminary results showed that there was circulation of Hantavirus and it is a causative agent of haemorrhagic fever in human in some areas in South Vietnam.
Infection ; Hantavirus

Background: Diseases due to parasites transmitted through food, including liver fluke and intestinal fluke a dangerous disease groups for people.\r\n', u'Objectives: to evaluate trematode infection situation in epidemic areas before providing drug to treat massively high-risk subjects.\r\n', u'Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in two communes of Nghia Hung district, Nam Dinh province to determine the trematode infection in human in August 2007. Families were randomly selected, and all of members of households were examined for trematode eggs by Kato-Katz technique. A total of 578 people, comprising 321 males (55.5%) and 257 females (44.5%) underwent stool examination. T\r\n', u'Results:120 (37.4%) males and 66 (25.7%) females were positive for small trematode eggs. There was a significant difference between males and females for infection rates with small trematode (X2 = 8.43; p < 0.05). The infection rate of trematodes was lowest in \u2264 20 age group and highest in >60 years old among both males and females. In the majority of the patients with small trematode eggs, the infection intensity was low: about 90.3% whereas 9.7% had moderate infection intensity. High intensity rate (>10.000 epg) was not found. \r\n', u'Conclusion: Trematode infection situation through food is still a healthy problem at investigated epidemic areas. \r\n', u'
Trematode infection ;