Stefanie Castell

Stefanie Castell started a discussion "pill box with electronic device to count the amount of time it has been opened" in the Adherence & Retention community.

Dear all, Does any of you know of a pill box, containing all the drugs for say a month (for every day separately), which has an inbuilt electronic device to count the times the box has been opened? The health service provider can then read out the frequency of box opening and in this way estimate the adherence to treatment. Is there a company who produce something like this? Thank you, Stefanie Castell -- Dr. ...

Stefanie Castell started a discussion "sneezing versus coughing" in the TB Infection Control community.

Hi all, Is there any literature on the difference of coughing and sneezing regarding TB transmission? One would expect droplets produced be sneezing compared to sputum produced by coughing to be less infectious. Any opinions/ideas? Thank you, Stefanie Castell -- Dr. med. Stefanie Castell, MSc Deutsches Zentralkomitee zur Bekämpfung der Tuberkulose German Central Committee against Tuberculosis Stralauer Platz 34 D-10243 Berlin Tel: +49 - (0)30 - 2936 2701 Fax: +49 - (0)30 - 2936 2702 ...

Stefanie Castell replied to "new discussion - how effective are masks?" in the TB Infection Control community.

Dear Ed, This sounds like a very interesting study. Has it already been published? Thank you, Stefanie Castell, M.D. -- Mit freundlichen Grueßen, Kind regards, Dr. Stefanie Castell Ärztin im DZK Deutsches Zentralkomitee zur Bekämpfung der Tuberkulose German Central Committee against Tuberculosis Stralauer Platz 34 D-10243 Berlin Tel: +49 - (0)30 - 2936 2701 Fax: +49 - (0)30 - 2936 2702 E-Mail: scastell@dzk-tuberkulose.de www.dzk-tuberkulose.de