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This course discusses the requirement, interpretation, methods and design of hydrological measurements. Following topics are covered: Accuracy requirements of measurements and error propagation: Related to a problem the required accuracy of measurements and the consequences for accuracy in the final result are discussed. Different types of errors are handled. Propagation of errors; for dependent and independent measurements, from mathematical relations and regression is demonstrated. Recapitulated is the theory of regression and correlation. Interpretation of measurements, data completion: By standard statistical methods screening of measured data is performed; double mass analysis, residual mass, simple rainfall-runoff modelling. Detection of trends; split record tests, Spearman rank tests. Methods to fill data gaps and do filtering on data series for noise reduction. Methods of hydrological measurements and measuring equipment: To determine quantitatively the most important elements in the hydrological cycle an overview is presented of most common hydrological measurements, measuring equipment and indirect determination methods i.e. for precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, river discharge and groundwater tables. Use, purpose and measurement techniques for tracers in hydrology is discussed. Advantages and disadvantages and specific condition/application of methods are discussed. Equipment is demonstrated and discussed. Areal distributed observation: Areal interpolation techniques of point observations; inverse distance, Thiessen, contouring, Kriging. Comparison of interpolation techniques and estimation of errors. Correlation analysis of areal distributed observation of rainfall. Design of measuring networks: Based on correlation characteristics from point measurements (e.g. rainfall stations) and accuracy requirements the design of a network of stations is demonstrated.
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- Hydraulic Engineering
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- Hydrology -- Measurement Hydrology
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This course deals with the design of drinking water treatment plants. Theory is discussed and a design exercise is made. Study goals: Understanding of design aspects and design details.
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- Environmental Engineering and Hydraulic Engineering
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- Water -- Purification Water treatment plants -- Design construction Drinking water -- Purification
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The principles of rock mechanics explains the fundamental concepts of continuum mechanics and rheology as applied in studies of rock deformation. A thorough understanding of rock behavior is essential for strategic planning in the petroleum and mining industry, in construction operation, and in locating subsurface repositories. The formation of geological structures or rock deformation patterns, studied by geodynamicists and tectonicians, is, also governed by the mechanical principles outlined in this textbook. The aim of the present book is obvious: to inspire a new generation of positively forward-thinking geoscientists and engineers, skillful in and favorable to the practical application of mechanics to rock structures.
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- Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
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- Rock deformation Rock mechanics
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The course gives the technological backgrounds of treatment processes applied for production of drinking water. The treatment processes are demonstrated with laboratory experiments. Study goals: Knowledge of technological basics and design parameters of drinking water treatment processes.
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- Environmental Engineering and Hydraulic Engineering
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- Water -- Purification Drinking water -- Purification
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Based on working on exercises on project decision making and planning, the specific context of working abroad in general and in developing countries in particular is illustrated, with regard to socio-cultural aspects, planning and financing of projects, roles of (consulting) engineers and contractors, local materials, techniques and knowledge and environmental issues.
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- Public works Developing countries Civil engineering
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1. Objectives of modelling in transport and spatial planning. Model types. Theory of travel and locational behaviour. System description of planning area. Theory of choice models. Aggregate and disaggregate models. Mode choice, route choice and assignment modelling. Locational choice modelling. Parameter estimation and model calibration. Cases and exercises in model application; 2. Role of models in transportation and spatial systems analysis; model types; designing system description of study area (zonal segmentation, network selection); role of shortest path trees; 3. Utility theory for travel and location choice; trip generation models, trip distribution models; applications; 4. Theory of spatial interaction model; role of side constraints; distribution functions and their estimations; constructing base matrices and estimating OD-tables; 5. Theory of individual choice models; 6. Disaggregated choice models of the logit and probit type for time choice, mode choice, route choice and location choice; 7. Integrated models (sequential and simultaneous) for constructing OD-tables; 8. Equilibrium theory in networks and spatial systems; 9. Route choice and assignment; derivation of different model types (all-or-nothing model, multiple route model, (stochastic) equilibrium model); assignment in public transportation networks; analyses of effects; 10. Calibration of parameters and model validation; observation, estimation, validation; estimation methods; 11. Individual exercise computing travel demand in networks; getting familiar with software; computing all transportation modelling steps; analyse own planning scenarios; writing a report.
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- Transportation
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- Spatial systems Transportation
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This course discusses fundamental traffic flow characteristics and traffic flow variables. Their definitions are presented, and visualization/analysis techniques are discussed and empirical facts are presented. The empirical relation between the flow variables and the bottleneck capacity analysis are discussed. Shockwave analysis and a review of macroscopic traffic flow models are presented. Traffic flow stability issues are discussed as well as numerical solution approaches. The lectures also show how macroscopic models are derived from microscopic principles. This course provides an overview of human factors relevant for the behavior of drivers. The car-following model and other approaches to describe the lateral driving task will be discussed. The lectures also pertains to general gap acceptance modeling and lane changing. Microscopic models for pedestrian flow behavior are discussed and an in depth discussion of microscopic simulation models will be presented.
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- Transportation
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- Traffic flow -- Simulation methods Traffic engineering Traffic flow -- Mathematical models Traffic flow
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Energy storage will be of major importance when more and more energy is produced using fluctuating renewable sources like wind and solar power. This course concerns two energy storage methods: storage in the form of the artificial fuel hydrogen, and storage in the form of batteries. In the transition to a sustainable-energy future, both hydrogen and batteries will likely play increasingly important roles. Hydrogen has the advantage of effectively limitless scale up potential while batteries have the advantage of high energy efficiency. Methods for sustainable and renewable hydrogen production include solar, wind power, direct photo-electrolysis of water, thermal and nuclear methods as well as biological options. The students will learn about such production methods of hydrogen using renewable energy sources, and separation technologies for clean hydrogen. The application of hydrogen requires cheap, safe, lightweight and easy to handle storage of hydrogen. The course presents current options for storage of hydrogen, including light metal hydrides, large adsorption surface, and nanostructured materials, as well as gaseous and liquid hydrogen storage. It will be explained that the ultimate solution still needs to be found. Students will get an overview of most recent advances and bottlenecks, synthesis and characterization techniques. The electrical energy storage in batteries concerns the principles of (rechargeable) batteries, mainly Li-ion, and the relation of the performance with material properties. The relation between properties at the atomic level with the real life battery performance will be displayed. The principles will be explained in terms of basic electrochemistry and thermodynamics. The course will present recent advantage in the field of Li ion batteries. In addition super-capacitors, allowing fast (dis)charge and based on similar principles, are part of the course.
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- Building Services Engineering, Chemistry, and Environmental Engineering
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- Storage batteries Renewable energy sources Hydrogen as fuel Energy storage Hydrogen -- Storage
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Conducting innovative research is working on the edge of the known and the unknown. In creating new technology the result is never guaranteed. Society faces a tremendous challenge in order to develop in a more sustainable way. What role is there for technology in this process of change? How could we stimulate innovations in technological systems?
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This version of the subject Technology Dynamics and Transition Management was tought in co-operation with the Harbin Institute of Technology in China. At the heart of this module lies a model of technology development from a social perspective, which will be applied to water problems in present-day China.
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- Technology
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- Water resources development China Indonesia -- Java Technological innovations Technology -- Social aspects
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Companies and governments have to decide upon technological strategies, i.e. which products are to be developed and which processes and infrastructures are required for the future. Several tools to consider technological strategies are dealt with in this course.
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- Technology
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- Water resources development Globalization Indonesia -- Java Technology transfer Technological innovations -- Management Sustainable development
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Companies and governments have to decide upon technological strategies, i.e. which products are to be developed and which processes and infrastructures are required for the future. Several tools to consider technological strategies are dealt with in this course.
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- Technology
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- Sustainable development Technological forecasting Technological innovations -- Forecasting Technological innovations -- Management
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By independent study of the book Sustainable Development for Engineers (K.F. Mulder, 2006) students acquire basic knowledge about sustainable development.
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- Environmental Engineering
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- Sustainable engineering Sustainable development Environmental engineering
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The course deals with background and application of various wastewater treatment technologies. Both high-tech and low-tech systems are discussed, which are applicable in industrialized and developing countries. Anaerobic treatment systems, focusing on resource recovery are extensively discussed. Modern technologies for (extensive) nutrient removal / recovery are dealt with as well as membrane techniques for wastewater treatment.
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- Environmental Engineering
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- Water -- Purification Sewage -- Purification
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Teaching the strategic management course can be a challenge for many professors. In most business schools, strategic management is a “capstone” course that requires students to draw on insights from various functional courses they have completed (such as marketing, finance, and accounting) in order to understand how top executives make the strategic decisions that drive whether organizations succeed or fail. Although students have taken these functional courses, many students have very little experience with major organizational choices. It is this inexperience that can undermine many students' engagement in the course. Mastering Strategic Management is designed to enhance student engagement in three innovative ways. The first is through visual adaptations of the key content in the book. It is well documented that many of today's students are visual learners. To meet students' wants and needs (and thereby create a much better teaching experience for professors), Mastering Strategic Management contains multiple graphic concept pages in ever section of every chapter of the book. Think of graphic concept pages as almost like info-graphics for key concepts in each section. This feature sets Mastering Strategic Management apart from any strategic management book on the market today. The second way the authors capture student interest through their textbook is by using a real-world company as the running example in each chapter. For example, Chapter 1 in Mastering Strategic Management utilizes Apple to harness the conceptual coverage of the chapter in a running, corporate, application to which students will relate. The third inventive way Mastering Strategic Management holds the attention of strategic management students is through the “strategy at the movies” feature in each chapter that links course concepts with a popular motion picture. In Chapter 1, for example, the authors describe how “The Social Network” illustrates intended, emergent, and realized strategies. You can expect Mastering Strategic Management to cover all of the traditional topics that standard strategic management texts cover, but in an exciting way that will assist you in engaging your students in your course. See for yourself by checking out the book online today.
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- Management
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- Strategic planning Planning
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Dirt is probably the cheapest and simplest construction material out there, but it's not very strong compared to other choices. Luckily geotechnical engineers have developed a way to strengthen earthen materials with almost no additional effort - Mechanically Stabilized Earth (aka MSE or Reinforced Soil).
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- Building and Real Estate
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- Reinforced soils
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Almost everyone agrees that flooding is bad. Most years it’s the number one natural disaster in the US by dollars of damage. So being able to characterize flood risks is a crucial job of civil engineers. Engineering hydrology has equal parts statistics and understanding how society treats risks. Water is incredibly important to us, and it shapes almost every facet of our lives, but it’s almost never in the right place at the right time. Sometimes there’s not enough, like in a drought or just an arid region, but we also need to be prepared for the times when there’s too much water, a flood. Rainfall and streamflow have tremendous variability and it’s the engineer’s job to characterize that so that we can make rational and intelligent decisions about how we develop the world around us.
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- Hydraulic Engineering and Disaster Control and Management
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- Floods Hydrology Flood control -- Management
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Engineers that work with fluids need a solid understanding of how they behave, and there’s one branch of fluid mechanics that plays a role in areas all across our lives. Whether you’re designing a water tower for a city or you just want to understand how those upside-down pet bowls work, you’ve got to know how to relate the depth and pressure of a fluid: hydrostatics.
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- Hydrostatics Fluid mechanics
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In many of the world’s tallest skyscrapers, there’s a secret device protecting the building and the people inside from strong motion due to wind and earthquakes. Did you know you can tune a skyscraper just like a guitar? In this video, we’re comparing theory to the real world for tuned mass dampers. Luckily this tech is simple enough that we can model it right in the garage. As silly as this little experiment looks, it’s actually not that far off from what engineers do in the real world (maybe without the googly eyes). The design phase for just about every major building includes some physical scale model tests. This video shows that the tuned mass damper is a great example of elegance in engineering.
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- Structural Engineering
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- Tuned mass dampers Buildings -- Earthquake effects Buildings -- Vibration
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This video discusses the topic of urban sprawl and the environmental and social impact if a city is expanding too fast
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- Building and Real Estate
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- Cities towns -- Growth Housing policy Buildings -- Height restrictions City planning
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The Earth intercepts a lot of solar power: 173,000 terawatts. That’s 10,000 times more power than the planet’s population uses. So is it possible that one day the world could be completely reliant on solar energy? Richard Komp examines how solar panels convert solar energy to electrical energy.
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- Building Services Engineering and Environmental Engineering
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- Renewable energy sources Solar energy Photovoltaic power generation
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A video showing the proper way to wear cup-shaped N95 respirator
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Respiratory infections -- Prevention Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention
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A video showing the removal of non-sterile Examonation gloves
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention Gloves
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A video showing proper way to wear non-sterile examination gloves
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention Gloves
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A video showing the removal of disposable gown
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Cross infection -- Prevention Medical personnel -- Clothing Infection -- Prevention
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A video showing the proper way to wear disposable gown
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Cross infection -- Prevention Medical personnel -- Clothing Infection -- Prevention
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A video showing the proper way to take off face-shield.
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Respiratory infections -- Prevention Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention
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A video showing the proper way to wear face-shield.
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Respiratory infections -- Prevention Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention
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A video showing the proper way to remove foldable N95 respirator
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Respiratory infections -- Prevention Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention
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A video showing the proper way to remove cup-shaped N95 respirator
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Respiratory infections -- Prevention Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention
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A video showing the proper way to wear foldable N95 respirator
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Respiratory infections -- Prevention Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention
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A video showing the proper way to wear surgical face mask.
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Respiratory infections -- Prevention Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention
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A video showing the proper way to use alcohol based handrub.
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- Nursing
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- H washing Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention H -- Care hygiene
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A video showing the removal of non-sterile Examonation gloves
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention Gloves
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A video showing proper way to wear non-sterile examination gloves
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention Gloves
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A video showing the removal of disposable gown
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Cross infection -- Prevention Medical personnel -- Clothing Infection -- Prevention
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A video showing the proper way to wear disposable gown
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Cross infection -- Prevention Medical personnel -- Clothing Infection -- Prevention
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A video showing the proper way to take off face-shield.
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Respiratory infections -- Prevention Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention
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A video showing the proper way to wear face-shield.
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Respiratory infections -- Prevention Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention
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A video showing the proper way to remove foldable N95 respirator
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Respiratory infections -- Prevention Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention
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A video showing the proper way to remove cup-shaped N95 respirator
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Respiratory infections -- Prevention Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention
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A video showing the proper way to wear foldable N95 respirator
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Respiratory infections -- Prevention Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention
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A video showing the proper way to wear cup-shaped N95 respirator
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Respiratory infections -- Prevention Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention
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A video showing the proper way to wear surgical face mask.
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Respiratory infections -- Prevention Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention
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A video showing the proper way to use alcohol based handrub.
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- Nursing
- Keywords:
- H washing Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention H -- Care hygiene
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A video showing the proper way to wear disposable gown
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- Nursing
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- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Cross infection -- Prevention Protective clothing Medical personnel -- Clothing Infection -- Prevention
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A video showing the removal of non-sterile Examonation gloves
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- Nursing
- Keywords:
- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention Gloves
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A video showing proper way to wear non-sterile examination gloves
- Subjects:
- Nursing
- Keywords:
- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention Gloves
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A video showing the removal of disposable gown
- Subjects:
- Nursing
- Keywords:
- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Cross infection -- Prevention Medical personnel -- Clothing Infection -- Prevention
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A video showing the proper way to take off face-shield.
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- Nursing
- Keywords:
- Medical personnel -- Health hygiene Respiratory infections -- Prevention Cross infection -- Prevention Infection -- Prevention
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- Video