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Setting hospital infection control policy : a decision-making framework incorporating health economics and healthcare epidemiology
Halton, Kate Amanda - 2009
Background: Reducing rates of healthcare acquired infection has been identified by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care as a national priority. One of the goals is the prevention of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection (CR-BSI). At least 3,500 cases of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437871
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Development and description of GETT: a Genetic testing Evidence Tracking Tool
School of Biomedical Sciences
Background: The completion of the Human Genome Project has increased the pace of discovery of genetic markers for disease. Despite tremendous efforts in fundamental research, clinical applications still lag behind expectations, partly due to the lack of effective tools to systematically search...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009479418
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Personas in the Design Process: A tool for understanding others
Williams, Karen Lindsay - 2006
Personas, fictional user profiles based on research data, have gained popularity in the design field over recent years. These profiles include names, personalities, behaviors, and goals that are representative of a unique group of individuals. This paper examines the creation and utilization of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475974
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Are workers with a disability less productive or less understood? An empirical investigation from an entrepreneurial business planning perspective
Hindle, Kevin; Noble, Jock; Phillips, Brian - 1999
group between workers with a disability and workers without a disability. On five measures of productivity, no significant … differences were discernible but on a sixth measure, length of employment, it was found that disability workers remained in … employment significantly longer. These results strongly refute the ‘intuitive wisdom’ that workers with a disability are less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483816
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Identity and ownership : Since I came to work at dal I don?t have a disability
Marks, Genee - 2006
receive federal or state disability funding, and about half as many support staff. Rather than being seen as an agency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484592
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Since I came to work at DAL I don't have a disability
Marks, Genee - 2005
receive federal or state disability funding, and about half as many support staff. Rather than being seen as an agency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484663
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Fixing the system? The experience of service users of the quasi-market in disability services in Australia
Spall, Pamela; McDonald, Catherine; Zetlin, Diane - 2005
A qualitative study involving semi-structured interviews with 31 people with disabilities and 32 carers in the state of Queensland, Australia, found that their experience of supportive service delivery had not improved despite reforms of the service delivery system driven by a version of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447859
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Towards strategic intent: Perceptions of disability service provision amongst hotel accommodation managers
Darcy, Simon; Pegg, Shane - 2011
ascertain the perceptions of managers in the accommodation sector towards disability service provision with a view to … people with a disability to communicate their needs to the hotel; perceptions of accessible rooms by the general public; and … included: legislative responsibility, policy and building codes; disability as a market segment; staff awareness/training; and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448795
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THE ECONOMIC PROGRESS OF A COUNTRY AND THE INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN SOCIETY - WHERE ARE WE?
Ancuța-Anisia, Chelba - 2023
The subject of disabled people began to be more and more debated in Romania, as well as in other countries. However, it is important to be aware of where we really stand when it comes to this topic. This article aims to highlight the existing relationship between the economic progress of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014291536
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THE ECONOMIC PROGRESS OF A COUNTRY AND THE INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN SOCIETY - WHERE ARE WE?
Ancuța-Anisia, Chelba - 2023
The subject of disabled people began to be more and more debated in Romania, as well as in other countries. However, it is important to be aware of where we really stand when it comes to this topic. This article aims to highlight the existing relationship between the economic progress of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015335676