Robert Szypko

Robert Szypko started a discussion "Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health" in the Global Health Nursing & Midwifery community.

This is a fact sheet released by the United Nations General Assembly that outlines the progress made, and the advances yet to be made, in achieving the Millennium Development Goals' targets for maternal health.

Robert Szypko started a discussion "Sexually transmitted infections fact sheet" in the Global Health Nursing & Midwifery community.

This fact sheet, compiled by the World Health Organization, outlines major challenges in treating and controlling sexually transmitted infections, and summarizes global strategies to overcome these challenges.

Robert Szypko started a discussion "Upper-Room Ultraviolet Light and Negative Air Ionization to Prevent Tuberculosis Transmission" in the TB Infection Control community.

Background Institutional tuberculosis (TB) transmission is an important public health problem highlighted by the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the emergence of multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant TB. Effective TB infection control measures are urgently needed. We evaluated the efficacy of upper-room ultraviolet (UV) lights and negative air ionization for preventing airborne TB transmission using a guinea pig air-sampling model to measure the TB infectiousness of ward air. Methods and Findings For 535 consecutive days, exhaust air from ...

Robert Szypko started a discussion "Impact of Environmental Factors on Efficacy of Upper-Room Air Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation for Inactivating Airborne Mycobacteria" in the TB Infection Control community.

This study evaluated the efficacy of an upper-room air ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) system for inactivating airborne bacteria, which irradiates the upper part of a room while minimizing radiation exposure to persons in the lower part of the room. A full-scale test room (87 m3), fitted with a UVGI system consisting of 9 louvered wall and ceiling fixtures (504 W all lamps operating) was operated at 24 and 34 °C, between 25 and 90% relative ...

Robert Szypko started a discussion "Applications of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation disinfection in health care facilities: Effective adjunct, but not stand-alone technology" in the TB Infection Control community.

Abstract: This review evaluates the applicability and relative contribution of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) to disinfection of air in health care facilities. A section addressing the use of UVGI for environmental surfaces is also included. The germicidal susceptibility of biologic agents is addressed, but with emphasis on application in health care facilities. The balance of scientific evidence indicates that UVGI should be considered as a disinfection application in a health care setting only in conjunction ...