The purpose of this work was to investigate the adherence to basic hygiene routines among staff and to investigate if there is any difference between the adherences in diverse professions. The purpose was also to study how staff rates their own adherence to current guidelines. Data for the study were collected through observations and questionnaires. Altogether 35 people were observed and 15 answered the questionnaire. Maximum adherence was found in the category of "hand disinfection after patient contact" with a score of 96%.

Bakgrund: Varje år insjuknar ca 700 barn och ungdomar med diabetes mellitus typ 1. Behandlingen är livslång och kräver kunskap och förmåga att kontrollera och justera sitt blodsocker. För ungdomar kan det vara svårt att hantera sin sjukdom i det vardagliga livet då det kan påverka sociala och psykologiska faktorer. Syfte: Att beskriva faktorer som påverkar adherence hos ungdomar med diabetes mellitus typ 1. Metod: En litteraturstudie med systematisk sökning och beskrivande design.

Bristande adherence (följsamhet) till ordinerade läkemedel, såsom immundämpande läkemedel, som är tillräckligt stor för att ge negativ effekt på behandlingsresultatet är ett problem som kan delas in i fyra huvudområden: taking, timing, dosing och skipping. Trots nästan perfekt adherence efter njurtransplantation (Ntx) kan avvikelse i timing ge allvarliga konsekvenser. Studier visar att drygt 30 procent av vuxna Ntx patienter brister i sin adherence. Det medför stora kostnader för samhället men framförallt riskeras rejektion av det transplanterade organet och risk för försämrad funktion, transplantatförlust eller i värsta fall patientens död.Syfte: Att undersöka bristande adherence till immundämpande läkemedel hos vuxna Ntx-patienter och undersöka om sjuksköterskan kan förbättra patientens adherence med omvårdnadsåtgärder.Metod: Litteraturöversikt. 18 vetenskapliga artiklar har analyserats i resultatet och delats upp efter två frågeställningar.Resultat: Missuppfattningen att patienter har hela ansvaret för att ta sina mediciner speglar oftast en okunskap och bristande förståelse för hur andra faktorer påverkar adherence.

Background: Insufficient physical activity is a public health problem. The Swedish recommendation is to be physically active for a minimum of 30 minutes every day, which is fulfilled by about half the adult population. Recent research has shown that sedentary behavior is an independent risk factor. Physical activity on prescription (FaR®) is an individually adapted and written prescription, a method to encourage physical activity. The National Board of Health and Welfare has observed that counseling combined with a written prescription convey better adherence than just counseling.

Risk assessment is made to determine risks with contaminated areas and to determine which treatment the area requires. In Sweden, risk assessment is divided into three levels: risk analysis, facilitated risk assessment and detailed risk assessment. In detailed risk assessment site-specific guideline values are developed to compare with values of contaminants that are measured in the area.Site-specific guideline values vary with geological and hydrogeological parameters. The purpose of this report is to examine which of these parameters that affect the guideline values. The examination was done using a calculating program for consideration from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency from the year of 1997.

Bakgrund: Sjukvården har en viktig roll i att främja fysisk aktivitet hos populationen. Fysisk inaktivitet är ett växande problem i världen och är en starkt bidragande orsak till många av de välfärdssjukdomar som allt fler människor drabbas av. Fysisk aktivitet på recept (FaR) växer allt mer fram som en behandlingsform många hoppas på ska kunna förbättra hälsan eller i bästa fall förebygga sjukdomar. Syfte: Syftet är att undersöka huruvida studier som gjorts kring FaR och andra varianter på fysisk aktivitet på recept kunnat påvisa någon ökad adherence hos patienter som mottagit ett skrivet recept på aktivitet i stället för standardiserad vård om fysisk aktivitet. Metod: 13 artiklar ingick i en litteraturöversikt.

Bakgrund: Varje år insjuknar ca 700 barn och ungdomar med diabetes mellitus typ 1. Behandlingen är livslång och kräver kunskap och förmåga att kontrollera och justera sitt blodsocker. För ungdomar kan det vara svårt att hantera sin sjukdom i det vardagliga livet då det kan påverka sociala och psykologiska faktorer. Syfte: Att beskriva faktorer som påverkar adherence hos ungdomar med diabetes mellitus typ 1. Metod: En litteraturstudie med systematisk sökning och beskrivande design.

Background: Coronary heart disease kills more than 7 million people worldwide each year. High levels of blood fat, cholesterol, contributes significantly to coronary heart disease. Lifestyle changes combined with lipid-lowering drugs, statins, is an effective treatment. But adherence to statins is low, not even a myocardial infarction always contributes to adherence. Adherence requires patient education and good communication between patient and physician.

In Sweden there are currently two separate guidelines you may use whenperforming calculations on frameworks, BKR and the Eurocodes. Although at theend of 2010 you are not allowed to use BKR any longer and only the Eurocodeswill be viable. The aim of this thesis is to explain how the Eurocodes and EKS work and alsohow they compare to the current guideline BKR. Similarities and differencesbetween these guidelines are also discussed so that the reader will get a betterunderstanding of how the Eurocodes are applied. The areas discussed are asfollows:Principles and adviceSafety ClassesSymbols and IndexesLifespanLoads and partial coefficientThe thesis also deals with the impact that this transition into a new guideline willhave on corporations, guideline costs, education and computer software. As anexample a rough estimate on what costs this transition will create on a companywith 20 employees is also included. Calculations have been performed in order to investigate how the design valuesdiffer between the two guidelines, the Eurocodes and BKR.

As part of an Agile developing team I have in my role as interaction designer also tried to evaluate the ?iPhone Human Interface Guidelines?. With action research I have taken actions to change the workflow and to see what there can be done to make the guidelines more motivating to use. Action 1 tried to make the iPhone components more available and it suceeded, action 2 tried to make the guideline more available in whole and did not work as it was designed to do. The guidelines did not work as a source of inspiriation and I and my fellow designer distanciated us from it.

Guideline AB är inom flugfiskebranschen ett av de största varumärkena i norden. De har även stora marknadsandelar i övriga Europa. Guideline utvecklar och säljer allt ifrån flugfiskespön och rullar till kläder och fluorcarbon tafsar. För att hänga med i konkurrensen och för att kunna erbjuda kunderna de senaste och bästa produkterna krävs ständig utveckling av nya produkter. En produkt som det ställs stora krav på både vad det gäller funktionalitet och design, är deras flugfiskerullar.

The enterprises of today are beginning to realize that environmental issues are a important part of their activity. Companies and organizations are expected to a greater extent communicate their environmental work to the world surrounding them in a trustworthy and structured way. Lack of information or information that is incorrect may bring farreaching consequences. Communication is mentioned in several of the ISO 14001-standards. But what is missing is a guideline how companies should act to create and be sure of the quality of the data that can be used in the environmental communication.

This master thesis is developed based on the desire of the water and sewage department in the municipality of Karlskrona. The department, which vouches for the quality of produced drinking water and sewage cleaning, was in need of help dealing with risk analysis.The water and sewage department is obliged to identify and assess risks according to Swedish legislation. However, no guides for this purpose regarding safety, health, environment and quality were available. The aim of this report was to accomplish a guideline for the performance of risk analysis within water and sewage plants. If the guideline is used, the requirements in the legislation will be obtained.

This essay is aimed at exploring how governments inclination to adhere to international human rights law develops in the wake of interstate conflicts. It examines how human rights in Eritrea and Ethiopia has developed after the war in 1998-2000 by examining the historical background to the war, and reviewing country reports from United States State Department and Amnesty International between 2001-2005.The result of the paper shows that Eritrea's adherence to human rights suffered setbacks, and that some of these happened due to the aftermath of the war. Ethiopia also had some lesser setback primarily due to internal turmoil. The essay concludes that states adherence to human rights in postconflict situations depend on if the war severely weakened the state, in which case the state becomes more repressive in order to cling to power..

Physiotherapists treat people with different views of the world and medical beliefs, which require a good understanding of cultural differences. One way to achieve cultural understanding is through self-reflection in a new context. During five weeks the authors, two physiotherapy students, completed a clinical practice at the rehabilitation center Pina Palmera, Zipolite, Oaxaca, Mexico. At the beginning of the period a critical incident was chosen, when the head physiotherapist for the ward Cuidados Especiales intended to sell jewellery to the authors during a treatment of a patient. The authors have by using the reflection framework "Framework to guide reflective process", and Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) for analysis, discussed different ways of communication, adherence, education, and self-reflection and critical thinking.