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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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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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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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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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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Nursing Home Infection Control Program Characteristics, CMS Citations, and Implementation of Antibiotic Stewardship Policies: A National Study. [PDF]

, 2018
Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule required that nursing homes (NHs) develop an infection control program that includes an antibiotic stewardship component and employs a trained infection preventionist (IP).
Agarwal, Mansi, Dick, Andrew W., Herzig, Carolyn T.A., Pogorzelska-Maziarz, Monika, Stone, Patricia W.   +4 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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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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The control of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection in sheep flocks : a mathematical model of the impact of vaccination, serological testing, clinical examination and lancing of abscesses [PDF]

, 2010
A mathematical model of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection in sheep flocks was used to evaluate strategies for control and elimination of caseous lymphadenitis (CIA).
Green, Laura E., Medley, Graham, O'Reilly, K. M.   +2 more
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Multicenter surveillance study of surgical site infection and its risk factors in radical resection of colon or rectal carcinoma

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Colorectal surgery is associated with high rates of surgical site infection (SSI). We investigated SSI in radical resection of colon or rectal carcinoma and its epidemiological distribution in 26 hospitals in China.
Mingmei Du, Bowei Liu, Meng Li, Jingui Cao, Ding Liu, Zhigang Wang, Qiongshu Wang, Pengyun Xiao, Xinling Zhang, Yanxin Gao, Hua Zeng, Jing Yang, Xiaoli Xu, Yi Huang, Qun Zhang, Bo Zhang, Wei Chen, Jieran Shi, Shanhong Fan, Fuxiang Zhang, Jinyan Yang, Huining Yang, Zhaoxia Ding, Haifeng Li, Sha Xiao, Suping Ran, Hongyan Zhai, Fang Wang, Yubin Xing, Jijiang Suo, Yunxi Liu   +30 more
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