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2. Infection prevention and control - Wikipedia

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   Infection prevention and control. Infection prevention and control is the discipline concerned with preventing healthcare-associated infections; a practical rather than academic sub-discipline of epidemiology. In Northern Europe, infection prevention and control is expanded from healthcare into a component in public health, known as "infection ...

3. Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae - Wikipedia

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   An infection control plan was implemented at the Kaplan Medical Center in Israel to control a hospital outbreak of carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae. The comprehensive plan included guidelines for cohorting patients in separate locations, cleaning with 1,000 ppm hypochlorite , screening for isolates from rectal swabs, and distribution of ...

4. Association for Professionals in Infection Control and ...

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   Creation of scientifically valid infection prevention and control techniques for all healthcare personnel. Establishing education programs for healthcare personnel and the public in the field of infectious diseases. APIC has a central office governed by an elected board of directors comprising four officers and nine to 12 directors. In addition ...

5. What to know about the vaccines available this respiratory ...

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   Forecasts from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... “Make a plan now for you and your family to get both updated flu and COVID vaccines this fall, ahead of the respiratory virus ...

6. Isolation (health care) - Wikipedia

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   In health care facilities, isolation represents one of several measures that can be taken to implement in infection control: the prevention of communicable diseases from being transmitted from a patient to other patients, health care workers, and visitors, or from outsiders to a particular patient (reverse isolation).

7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Wikipedia

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   The agency's main goal is the protection of public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability in the US and worldwide. [4] The CDC focuses national attention on developing and applying disease control and prevention. It especially focuses its attention on infectious disease, food borne pathogens ...