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Spatiotemporal Characteristics and Factor Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Infections among Healthcare Workers in Wuhan, China [PDF]

Journal of Hospital Infection,2021, 2020
Studying the spatiotemporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 infections among healthcare workers (HCWs) can aid in protecting them from exposure. Existing studies related to HCW infections have emphasized infection rates and protective measures. However, the spatiotemporal patterns and related external environmental factors of HCW infections remain unclear ...
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Factors affecting healthcare workers’ compliance with social and behavioural infection control measures during emerging infectious disease outbreaks: rapid evidence review

BMJ Open, 2020
Objective The 2019–2020 outbreak of novel coronavirus has raised concerns about nosocomial transmission. This review’s aim was to explore the existing literature on emerging infectious disease outbreaks to identify factors associated with compliance with
Dr Samantha K. Brooks, Professor Neil Greenberg FRCPsych, Professor Sir Simon Wessely FMedSci, Dr G. James Rubin   +3 more
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Infection control in dental health care during and after the SARS‐CoV‐2 outbreak

Oral Diseases, 2020
COVID‐19 is an emerging infectious disease caused by the widespread transmission of the coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2. Some of those infected become seriously ill. Others do not show any symptoms, but can still contribute to transmission of the virus.
C. Volgenant, I. F. Persoon, R. A. G. de Ruijter, J. J. (. de Soet   +3 more
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Accepting higher morbidity in exchange for sacrificing fewer animals in studies developing novel infection-control strategies. [PDF]

, 2020
Preventing bacterial infections from becoming the leading cause of death by the year 2050 requires the development of novel, infection-control strategies, building heavily on biomaterials science, including nanotechnology.
Busscher, Henk J., Frijlink, Hendrik W., Grainger, David W., Hinrichs, Wouter L.J., Jutte, Paul, Kates, Stephen, Liu, Jian, Liu, Jianfeng, Parvizi, Javad, Rotello, Vincent M., Schaer, Thomas P., Shi, Linqi, Shi, Rui, van der Mei, Henny C., van Kooten, Theo G., Williams, Dustin, Woudstra, Willem   +16 more
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Effects of Infection Control Education for Nursing Students Using Standardized Patients vs. Peer Role-Play

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
This study was conducted to identify and compare the effects of two education programs for infection control―a simulation using standardized patients and a peer role-play―on standard precaution knowledge, standard precaution awareness, infection-related ...
Eunyoung Kim, S. S. Kim, Sunghee Kim
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Over view of various infection control activities conducted by hospital infection control committee at KIMS

Journal of Medical and Scientific Research, 2014
Hospital Infection Control Committee (HICC) play an important role in conducting the various activities which are important for the patient, attendant and health care workers.
Anil Kumar, Madhavi, Marriyamma, Krishna Reddy   +3 more
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Experiences with regular testing of students for SARS-CoV-2 in primary and secondary schools: results from a cross-sectional study in two Norwegian counties, autumn 2021

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background To allow for normal school attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic, regular testing of students was introduced in the autumn 2021 in Norway to manage COVID-19 transmission.
Léa Franconeri, Sara Stebbings, Petter Heradstveit, Mia Johansen, Ragnhild Løken, Emily MacDonald, Liz Ødeskaug, Umaer Naseer   +7 more
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Social capital may mediate the relationship between social distance and COVID-19 prevalence [PDF]

INQUIRY, Vol. 58 (2021) 1-11, 2020
The threat of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) is increasing. Regarding the difference in the infection rate observed in each region, in addition to studies seeking the cause due to differences in the social distance (population density), there is an increasing trend toward studies seeking the cause due to differences in social capital.
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COVID-19 pneumonia: infection control protocol inside computed tomography suites

Japanese Journal of Radiology, 2020
A novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) causes a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China. It spread rapidly and globally. CT imaging is helpful for the evaluation of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia.
K. Nakajima, H. Kato, Tsuneo Yamashiro, T. Izumi, I. Takeuchi, H. Nakajima, D. Utsunomiya   +6 more
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Characteristics and outcomes in adult patients with Staphylococcus lugdunensis bacteremia compared to patients with Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a retrospective study in a 16-year period at the university hospital, Japan

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Staphyococcus lugudnensis (S. lugdunensis) is one of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species with a potential to cause invasive infections. Few studies have evaluated the characteristics and outcomes of patients with S.
Satomi Yukawa, Taro Noguchi, Koh Shinohara, Yasuhiro Tsuchido, Masaki Yamamoto, Yasufumi Matsumura, Miki Nagao   +6 more
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