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Reproductive toxicants may contribute to a spectrum of adverse effects on reproductive health. Th... more Reproductive toxicants may contribute to a spectrum of adverse effects on
reproductive health. These effects include menstrual irregularities, early or
delayed puberty, infertility, sub fertility, early pregnancy loss, fetal death, impaired
fetal growth, low birth weight, premature birth, and structural (e.g., cardiac defect)
or functional (e.g., learning disability) birth defects. The aim of this study was to
assess the reproductive health problems among women working in industries. This
was descriptive analytical observational study with Case control study design. The
study sample consisted of (200) women one hundred women working recruited as a
control group in Assiut University. Second group was also One hundred women
who workings in Fertilizer Company and Pharmaceutical plants for one year, start
from the first of January 2009 until the end of December 2009. The result of study
showed that the mean age of women were 41.57±9.99years, the majority of women
60.4% in control group versus 16.6% in study group had normal vaginal delivery,
more than one third in control group versus more than three quadrant in study
group had previous abortion, it was found that there are statistically significant
differences between groups according to Postdate, Statistical significant p value
(<0.001*) between study and control group. The same statistically significant differences showed between the study and control group as regarding to female infertility and reproductive malignancies.

Introduction: There is good evidence that vaginal delivery can be associated with damage to the i... more Introduction: There is good evidence that vaginal delivery can be associated with damage to the innervations of the pelvic floor as well as direct trauma to levator ani muscle and endo-pelvic fascia. This may result in the development of genuine stress incontinence. Postpartum stress incontinence can occur in up to 34% of women. Aim of the study was to assess the effect of postpartum women's training with reinforcement of pelvic floor muscles exercise on reduction and improvement of postpartum stress urinary incontinence. Research design: Quasi-experimental design was utilized in this study. Subjects and methods: A total of 440 postpartum women were recruited for this study according to power analysis, they were divided into two groups. 220 women were allocated for the intervention group and given an instructional schedule for performing kegel's exercise from the first day postpartum up to 3 months , about 10% of participants were lost to follow-up. The control group didn't have any information about kegel's exercise( had the ordinary postpartum instructions). Both groups were followed-up to assess the presence of stress urinary incontinence at the first week, 6-week and 12-week postpartum.
Results: Findings of this study presented that, there were statistically significant differences between both groups regarding the presence of stress urinary incontinence, that is, the group that realized exercises presented less incontinence. The overall prevalence of SUI at the first week postpartum was 21% (42 of 200) and 19.5% (39 out of 200) of the intervention and control groups respectively with no statistical significant difference between groups. Stress urinary incontinence rate at 6-weeks postpartum was 8% and 12.5% of the intervention and control groups respectively with a highly statistical significant difference P=0.002. At 12- weeks postpartum the rate of SUI was (1%) and (9%) of the intervention and control groups with a highly statistical significant difference P=0.0005. Conclusion: Performance of Kegel's exercise seems to reduce the likelihood of stress urinary incontinence.

Background: Standard precautions (formerly known as universal precautions) underpin routine safe ... more Background: Standard precautions (formerly known as universal precautions) underpin routine safe practice, protecting both staff and clients from infection. By applying standard precautions at all times and to all patients, best practice becomes second nature and the risks of infection are minimized.
Design: A descriptive study in which A pre and posttest design with no control group was applied pre and posttest design with no control group was applied to assess the effect of a developed educational booklet about Standard Infection Control Precautions on Nurses’ knowledge and practices at Woman’s Health Center, Assiut University Hospital between 2008 to 2009.
Setting: The study was implemented at the operating room and emergency ward at Woman’s Health Center, Assiut Uni-versity Hospital. From the previous setting all nurses who work in the operating room and emergency ward at Woman’s Health Center were included in the study.
Methods: Two tools were used to achieve the objective of the study. An interview questionnaire to assess nurses’ characteristics and A pre and post-test questionnaire was used to collect the knowledge-related to universal precautions of infection control. While, an observation checklist (pre and post-test) was used to determine nurses’ performance regarding implementation of universal precautions. Based on the analysis of data collected during pre-test, the educational booklet was developed. It was distributed to nurses to read it. The evaluation of the effectiveness of educational booklet's content was assessed after 3 months by reassessing the nurses' knowledge and practices regarding universal precautions of infection control.
The Results: Revealed that, the majority of nurses expe-rienced deficit in their knowledge and practices regarding universal precaution of infection control which mainly related to not being used to do it and this deficit was corrected after implementation of the educational booklet. Conclusion: It was concluded that the use of educational booklet was effective in improving maternity nurses’ knowl-edge and practices toward universal infection control precau-tions at the operating room.