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Importance of Hospital Infection Control

Cureus, 2023
The increasing demand for healthcare-acquired infection (HAI) control practices and services has intensified the need to evaluate care quality. The World Health Organization (WHO) introduced an infection prevention and control (IPC) framework to mitigate
D. Kubde, Ankit Badge, Sarita Ugemuge, Shivani Shahu   +3 more
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Infectious Diseases Consultations for Adult Rash Outpatients During a 2018-2019 Rubella Outbreak in Fukuoka City, Japan

Journal of Hospital General Medicine, 2023
Febrile rash diseases are sometimes infectious and require infection control intervention. Since November 2018, an outbreak of rubella in Japan has resulted in infectious disease physicians being consulted by outpatients with febrile rash or infection ...
Kenichiro Yaita, Mai Yamanaka, Sachiko Nadayoshi, Hiroki Takeuchi, Toshiaki Miike, Akifumi Terayama, Konomi Kibe, Miki Kanou Ishibashi, Yumi Hidaka, Shuhei Honda, Kenichi Hayashi   +10 more
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Nanomaterials in Wound Healing and Infection Control

Antibiotics, 2021
Wounds continue to be a serious medical concern due to their increasing incidence from injuries, surgery, burns and chronic diseases such as diabetes. Delays in the healing process are influenced by infectious microbes, especially when they are in the ...
A. Pormohammad, N. Monych, Sougata Ghosh, Diana L. Turner, R. Turner   +4 more
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The correlation between ATP measurement and microbial contamination of inanimate surfaces

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2021
Background The objective of this study was to determine the correlation between adenosine triphosphate (ATP) measurements and microbial contamination using a standardized method.
Andreas van Arkel, Ina Willemsen, Jan Kluytmans   +2 more
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ATP measurement as an objective method to measure environmental contamination in 9 hospitals in the Dutch/Belgian border area

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2020
Background The objective of this study was to determine the level of environmental contamination in hospitals in the Dutch/Belgian border area, using ATP measurements. Design A cross-sectional observational survey.
Andreas van Arkel, Ina Willemsen, Linda Kilsdonk-Bode, Sindy Vlamings-Wagenaars, Anne van Oudheusden, Pascal De Waegemaeker, Isabel Leroux-Roels, Martine Verelst, Evelien Maas, Anita van Oosten, Patricia Willemse, Esther van Asselen, Ella Klomp-Berens, Karen Franssen, Elise Van Cauwenberg, Jan Kluytmans, on behalf of the i-4-1-Health Study Group   +16 more
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Committee report: Questionnaire survey on the treatment of COVID-19 in patients receiving dialysis therapy

Renal Replacement Therapy, 2022
Background Patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who receive dialysis therapy develop more severe disease and have a poorer prognosis than patients who do not.
Ayumi Yoshifuji, Munekazu Ryuzaki, Yuki Uehara, Norio Ohmagari, Toru Kawai, Yoshihiko Kanno, Kan Kikuchi, Hiroshi Kon, Ken Sakai, Toshio Shinoda, Yaoko Takano, Junko Tanaka, Kazuhiko Hora, Yasushi Nakazawa, Naoki Hasegawa, Norio Hanafusa, Fumihiko Hinoshita, Keita Morikane, Shu Wakino, Hidetomo Nakamoto, Yoshiaki Takemoto   +20 more
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Dentists’ Awareness, Perception, and Attitude Regarding COVID-19 and Infection Control: Cross-Sectional Study Among Jordanian Dentists

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 2020
Background Despite the availability of prevention guidelines and recommendations on infection control, many dental practices lack the minimum requirements for infection control. Objective This study aimed to assess the level of awareness, perception, and
Y. Khader, M. Al Nsour, O. B. Al-Batayneh, R. Saadeh, Haitham Bashier, Mahmoud A. Alfaqih, S. Al-azzam, Bara' Abdallah AlShurman   +7 more
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Assessment of risk factors and preventive measure compliance against COVID-19 among healthcare workers at tertiary care hospital: a retrospective study

GMS Hygiene and Infection Control, 2023
Introduction: SARS-CoV-2 has created a significant challenge to healthcare systems, since the disease has spread rapidly, outweighing hospital capacity and exposing Health Care Workers (HCWs) to the risk of infection.
Khatoon, Arifa, Aslam, Reema, Bilal, Shabnam, Naz, Sadia, Zaffar, Farhan, Khan, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ramzan, Rao Muhammad, Noreen, Saima, Phoolzaib, Kiran, Batool, Zahra, Saleem, Kahsma, Rasheed, Saba   +11 more
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Particle sizes of infectious aerosols: implications for infection control

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2020
The global pandemic of COVID-19 has been associated with infections and deaths among health-care workers. This Viewpoint of infectious aerosols is intended to inform appropriate infection control measures to protect health-care workers.
K. Fennelly
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Escalating infection control response to the rapidly evolving epidemiology of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong

Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2020
Objective: To describe the infection control preparedness measures undertaken for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) due to SARS-CoV-2 (previously known as 2019 novel coronavirus) in the first 42 days after announcement of a cluster of pneumonia in China, on
V. Cheng, S. Wong, J. K. Chen, C. Yip, V. W. Chuang, O. Tsang, S. Sridhar, J. Chan, P. Ho, Kwok Y. Yuen   +9 more
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