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SARAYA - 2024 Vol. 1

Participation in the 7th International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC)

  • Magazine Volume: 2024 Vol. 1
  • Article number: 3
  • Content Type: SARAYA Activity Report
  • Category: IPC
  • Facility: SARAYA Activity
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SARAYA participated as a Gold Sponsor in the International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC) held in Geneva, Switzerland, from September 12 to 15, 2023. At the conference, a symposium titled “Hand hygiene: lessons learned from...

Promoting Hand Hygiene with Unique Ideas

  • Hospital Name: Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz UKM(HCTM)
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  • Facility: Acute Care Hospital
  • Category: Hand Hygiene
  • Article number: 2
  • Address: Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Number of beds: 1,300
  • Total number of staff: 4,000
  • Website: https://hctm.ukm.my/en/
  • Introduction text: Located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz UKM (HCTM), provides high-quality medical services to the community and residents in training. The hospital’s predecessor was the Faculty of Medicine UKM, established in 1973, which produced specialists in various fields of medicine and health. HCTM provides comprehensive and integrated training through advanced facilities to both undergraduate and postgraduate students from the Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, and Faculty of Dentistry under the motto “Integrating Learning and Research for the Betterment of Society.”
  • Introduced product photos:
    • Products:
  • Introduced product text:

    Alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR)

    Alsoft Liquid Hand Disinfectant A
  • Interviewees:
    • Title: From left, Ms. Puan Zurina Mohamad Saleh, Dr. Nur Ayuni Ahamad Faudzi, Dr. Maliha Farah Nurhazirah, Ms. Siti Rokiah Yusof, Ms. Puteri Fairuz Izyan Zainuddin, and Ms. Siti Amirah Ramli., Photo:
  • Editor note: We interviewed doctors and nurses who work in the Infection Prevention and Control Department. Although their roles in the hospital vary, they work together as a team to ensure thorough infection control and staff education.
Steps taken to introduce Alsoft a - WHEN DID YOUHEAR ABOUTALSOFT A FOR THE FIRST TIME? I first heard about Alsoft A over 15 years ago. I had heard from other alcohol disinfectant manufacturers that its formulation is excellent, and I was always very...

Risk Factors for Postprandial Hyperglycemia and the Use of Low-GI Foods

  • Magazine Volume: 2024 Vol. 1
  • Article number: 5
  • Content Type: World Information
  • Category: Nutrition
  • Facility: General
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  • Authors :

    Dr. Yuji Murata, SARAYA Co., Ltd.
  • References:
    1. Ito Hiroshi, メタボリックドミノとは生活習慣病の新しいとらえ方一  <translation> Metabolic Domino - A New Way to View Lifestyle-related Diseases. Japanese Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2003; 61(10): 1837–1843
    2. David J.A. Jenkins et al. Glycemic index of foods: a physiological basis for carbohydrate exchange. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 1981; 34: 362–366
    3. Christian K. Roberts et al. Effects of Glycemic Load on Metabolic Health and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. 2009 Jul; 3(4): 697–704.
    4. Yuji Murata et al. 羅漢果配糖体の甘味特性およびその改善 <translation> Sweetening properties of monk fruit glycosides and their improvement. Food Science and Technology Research. The Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology. 2006; 53(10), 527–533
    5. Keiko Kondo et al. 糖尿病患者における甘味料「ラカントS」の血糖値、インスリン値に及 ぼす影響 <translation> Effect of the sweetener "Lakanto S" on blood glucose and insulin levels in diabetic patients. The Journal of Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition. 2009; 12(1): 41–49
    6. Aya Maeda et al. 高アミロース米配合の低GI米による血糖抑制とその意義 <translation> Glycemic control by low GI rice blended with high amylose rice and its significance. Journal of Japanese Society of Clinical Nutrition. 2012; 34(2): 2–7.
While Japan has the world’s longest life expectancy, its incidence of cardiac and vascular diseases triggered by lifestyle-related diseases is increasing. This effect, “metabolic dominoes” (Figure 1), has been introduced in many publications. If one...

SARAYA-Sponsored Event: New York Opera Performance of Semmelweis

  • Magazine Volume: 2024 Vol. 1
  • Article number: 4
  • Content Type: SARAYA Activity Report
  • Category: Hand Hygiene
  • Facility: SARAYA Activity
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On December 5, 2023, an opera performance sponsored by SARAYA was held at the New York Academy of Medicine in New York, USA, and the performance was shown on YouTube. The opera, by the Brooklyn-based American Opera Project, depicts the life of the...

The Positioning of and Challenges for the Administration Department of Healthcare-Associated Infection in the Post-Epidemic Era

  • Magazine Volume: 2024 Vol. 1
  • Article number: 1
  • Content Type: World Information
  • Category: HAI
  • Facility: Acute Care Hospital
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  • Authors :

    Gao Min, Chi Naixun, Zhang Gangyu, Jiang Xiaoyan, Mu Siyu, Qi Yong
    The Healthcare-Associated Infection Administration Office of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
  • References:
    1. Wu Wenjuan, He Lihua, Liu Bo, Wang Li, Lei Han, et al. “Discussion of Nosocomial Infection Management in Cabin Hospitals during the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic”, Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration : 320-323.
    2. Beijing Municipal Bureau of Health Fever Clinic Group (2003) “Study on the Current Situation and Rational Setting Model of Fever Outpatient Clinics in Beijing during the Post-SARS Period”, Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 24 : 999-1004.
    3. Xu Shiqi, Kang Jing, Qin Xianjing, Jiang Nan, Feng Qiming, et al. (2023) “A Study of China’s Fever Clinic Policy Texts from the Perspective of Policy Instruments, 2003-2022, Chinese Hospitals 27 : 45-49”.
    4. Wu Baoling, Chen Xiaohui, Lin Peiyi, Jiang Huilin, Gong Hanxiang, et al. (2020) "Development Status and Operational Difficulties of Fever Clinics in China and the Assumption of Constructive Mechanism”, Chinese Critical Care Medicine : 264-268.
    5. Huang Xiaohong, Zhou Yueshan, Wu Xiaoheng, Yu Sanming, Chen Ronglin, et al. (2021) “Survey on the Improvement Needs of Medical Protective Clothing in the Background of the Normalized Prevention and Control of Covid 19”, Chinese Journal of Public Health Management 37 : 461-463, 468.
    6. Shanghai Expert Consensus Writing Group on Nosocomial Infection Management in the Post-Epidemic Era (2021) “Shanghai Expert Consensus on Hospital Infection Administration in the Post-Epidemic Era (First Edition, 2021)”, Chinese Journal of Infectious Diseases 39 : 647-655.
Background The Administration Department of Healthcare-Associated Infection (ADHI) was established with the intention of controlling healthcare-associated infection (HAI) and ensuring patient safety. Combined with clinical work, upholding scientific...