John Wah Lim's research while affiliated with Singapore General Hospital and other places
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Publications (13)
Background
Despite the relative importance, the prevalence of workplace safety and health issues in hospital food service workers is not well studied. This study describes the epidemiology of work-related injuries and occupational diseases among hospital food service workers (FSWs) in a tertiary hospital in Singapore.
Methods
Using a total populat...
Return to Work (RTW) programmes have become imperative in manpower scarce countries. This paper describes a RTW programme in a Singapore tertiary hospital, reports patient outcomes and discusses the practicality and effectiveness of the programme. Seventy-three workers participated in the programme over a two-year period. A statistically significan...
Background:
At the workplace, health care workers face multiple challenges in maintaining healthy dietary behaviors, which is the major factor behind obesity. A hospital-wide mass health screening exercise showed an increasing trend in the prevalence of obesity and median BMI from 2004 to 2019, as well as a higher crude obesity rate among shift wo...
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To evaluate the effectiveness of mobile application-based health-coaching and incentives in achieving weight-loss from better dietary choices among hospital nurses. We conducted a pilot study from June 2019 to March 2020, involving the use of a health-coaching application by 145 hospital nurses over 6 months. Weight and body-mass index...
Objectives
Since December 2019, COVID-19 has caused a worldwide pandemic and Singapore has seen escalating cases with community spread. Aggressive contact tracing and identification of suspects has helped to identify local community clusters, surveillance being the key to early intervention. Healthcare workers (HCWs) have contracted COVID-19 infect...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses an occupational health risk to healthcare workers. Several thousand healthcare workers have already been infected, mainly in China. Preventing intra-hospital transmission of the communicable disease is therefore a priority. Based on the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety model, the strategies...
This study explored how cultural values affected Health Belief Model (HBM) components and the influenza vaccine uptake among nurses across three Asian populations using a survey conducted in 2017 (N=3971). The vaccination coverages were 33.5% (Brunei), 35.6% (Hong Kong) and 69.5% (Singapore). Three HBM components (perceived susceptibility, perceive...
Structured training for the prevention of needlestick injuries (NSIs) among medical students was implemented in Singapore in 1998. In this study, we determined the incidence of NSIs and the knowledge and practice of managing and reporting NSIs among first-year clinical students in a medical school in Singapore, as well as the adequacy of the traini...
The incidence of asbestos-related diseases (ARD) has increased in the last four decades. In view of the historical use of asbestos in Singapore since the country started banning it in phases in 1989 and the long latency of the disease, the incidence of ARD can be expected to increase further. As occupational exposure to asbestos still occurs, preve...
Citations
... This finding suggests that the weight loss achieved during the first six months was maintained at the current weight, indicating the potential for sustained weight management with the virtual health coaching program. This is similar to current findings indicating that an online platform can effectively maintain weight loss and management [28]. ...
... The whole concept and implementation of the DCC are rather complex due to the numerous and relatively distributed data sources, on one hand [69,70], and the complex dependencies and business rules on the other. Irrespective of the enormous public and political pressure and the disturbing conditions in which the DCC project was implemented [71,72], it should be emphasized that the rapidly changing business rules on issuance and verification caused the majority of problems and setbacks in the development, maintenance, and everyday use of the DCC application. ...
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... Patient safety is a paramount concern in healthcare, with the World Health Organization designating "Patient Engagement and the Maintenance of Patient Safety" as the theme for World Patient Safety Day 2023 [1][2][3]. Among all the medical units, the intensive care unit (ICU) offers the highest level of life support, offering meticulous monitoring and care to patients [4]. ...
... This cross-sectional study, which was conducted from May until June 2017, used a web-based self-administered validated questionnaire which collected data on socio-demographics, history of influenza vaccination, reasons for and against influenza vaccination, knowledge and information access, as well as cultural and institutional values. The questionnaire was originally designed and used by the Chinese University of Hong Kong in a previous study 17 , and prior permission was obtained from the original researchers. Some of its contents were modified to suit the local context, and pilot-tested on a small group of healthcare workers to ensure comprehensibility. ...
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... Other studies have revealed that one in four participants had experienced accidental OBE, while three in four students lacked adequate knowledge of standard precaution, especially post-exposure prophylaxis [32] . Untrained students were at a greater risk of needle stick injuries compared to their counterparts who underwent preventive training in Singapore [33] . Special lectures and training sessions can rectify irregular operations and behaviors among healthcare trainees, reducing the risk of OBE incidents [34,35] . ...
... Reports have also shown that these malignant mesotheliomas are more common in men than women (76). The best way malignant mesothelioma can be prevented is by limiting the exposure to asbestos at home, workplace or even public places (77). These tumors can be diagnosed early using various spectroscopic techniques (78). ...
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