Biomedical subjects

B Germann

Publications and source records attributed to B Germann.

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PubMed1997

[A nursing intervention study in interdisciplinary cooperation: challenges and problem solving strategies].

Doing a nursing intervention study in two hospitals in collaboration with physicians challenged all participating parties. The course of the study was influenced and partially changed by unforeseen problems. This article presents organizational perspectives on carrying through an intervention study while daily patient care is taking place and discusses specific issues of collaborating with physicians and nurses. Problem solving strategies and consequences from experiences with this study are presented.

Cooperative Behavior↗

PubMed1995

Distribution of antibodies to porcine circovirus in swine populations of different breeding farms.

An enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed for mass antibody screening to porcine circovirus (PCV) in pig herds of different age groups and of different husbandries. Infection with PCV was found to be common in all swine herds tested, with only one exception, a herd at a small farm. Statistically, the percentage of PCV negative sera decreased and titer levels increased with increasing age of the pigs. Within individual age groups, differences were found to exist between different husbandries. No correlation was detected between antibody levels and reproductive disorders in the herds.

Age Factors↗