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Evidence-Based Update to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection: Developmental Process

Surgical Infections, 2016
Recommendations in the "Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999" were based on experts' selective interpretation of the scientific evidence. Effective 2009, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) updated their guideline development process ...
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Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. The Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.

Pediatrics, 2003
These guidelines have been developed for practitioners who insert catheters and for persons responsible for surveillance and control of infections in hospital, outpatient, and home health-care settings. This report was prepared by a working group comprising members from professional organizations representing the disciplines of critical care medicine ...
Naomi P, O'Grady, Mary, Alexander, E Patchen, Dellinger, Julie L, Gerberding, Stephen O, Heard, Dennis G, Maki, Henry, Masur, Rita D, McCormick, Leonard A, Mermel, Michele L, Pearson, Issam I, Raad, Adrienne, Randolph, Robert A, Weinstein   +12 more
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Catheter-Related Infections in a Canadian Home Total Parenteral Nutrition Program: A Prospective Study Using U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Criteria

Journal of the Association for Vascular Access, 2007
Abstract The most frequent home parenteral nutrition complication is central venous catheter infection. The authors sought to determine the rate and types of bloodstream infections in a Canadian home parenteral nutrition program. Methods: Bloodstream infection was diagnosed if all following criteria were present: (1) one or more positive blood ...
Olivia Saqui, Maitreyi Raman, Albert Chang, Johane P. Allard   +3 more
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Guidelines for school health programs to prevent tobacco use and addiction. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.).

The Journal of school health, 1995
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. Most daily smokers (82%) began smoking before age 18, and more than 3,000 young persons begin smoking each day. School programs designed to prevent tobacco use could become one of the most effective strategies available to reduce U.S. tobacco use.
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Do Israeli Children's Anthropometrics Comply with World Health Organization and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Height and Body Mass Index Tables?

The Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ, 2021
Evaluation of children's anthropometrics poses challenges due to age-related changes. The main focus is on height and weight. However, since weight is height-dependent, body mass index (BMI) is the best surrogate measurement of adiposity. Israel has not developed national growth tables; therefore, researchers and clinicians utilize either World Health ...
Uri, Gabbay, Doron, Carmi, Aviva, Mimouni-Blich, Bat El, Goldstein, Lital, Keinan-Boker, Joseph, Meyerovitch   +5 more
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What?s the Story? Framing of Health Issues by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Major Newspapers: A Qualitative Analysis

2008
This qualitative analysis of the framing of health issues by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one of the world?s premier health organizations, and by major U.S. newspapers analyzes the frames present in a sample of the CDC?s press releases, and the frames present in the contemporaneous (and often resulting) press coverage.
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"Bright, Aggressive, and Abrasive:" A History of the Chief Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1951 - 2006

2006
The history of public health has suggested that the progress of societies cannot be understood without understanding community health conditions. The federal government of the United States established the Communicable Disease Center (CDC) in 1946 to assist the states in controlling outbreaks of infectious disease. This coincided with the early days of
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Preparing for the Next Pandemic: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Organizational Learning After COVID-19

Major events or crises can often serve as stimuli for organizational change and learning. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has forced public health organizations to reassess their preparedness and response capabilities. Following the pandemic, how can the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seize upon this learning opportunity and make changes
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Fit Assessment of N95 Filtering-Facepiece Respirators in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Strategic National Stockpile.

Journal of the International Society for Respiratory Protection
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)-approved N95 filtering-facepiece respirators (FFR) are currently stockpiled by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for emergency deployment to healthcare facilities in the event of a widespread emergency such as an influenza pandemic.
Michael, Bergman, Ziqing, Zhuang, Elizabeth, Brochu, Andrew, Palmiero   +3 more
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Considering Some Negative Implications of an Ever-Decreasing U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Blood Lead Threshold and “No Safe Level” Health Messaging

Environmental Science & Technology, 2023
Siddhartha Roy, Kim N. Dietrich, Hernan F. Gomez, Marc A. Edwards   +3 more
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