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Public Reporting: Illumination or Shadows?

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2006
The infection control communities in Britain and the United States (US) are experiencing an extraordinary conceptual shift with legislated mandatory reporting of hospital infections.
LE Nicolle
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Global variances in infection control practices for vancomycin resistant Enterococcus – results of an electronic survey

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2016
An electronic survey was disseminated amongst infection control practitioners to investigate the variation in practices toward vancomycin resistant enterococci. There were 235 analysable responses, mostly from doctors, in 48 countries.
H. Isenman, J. Michaels, D. Fisher
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Laws that Infection Control Practitioners Should Know

Japanese Journal of Infection Prevention and Control
Masaki Tanabe
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Whole-genome sequencing-based source tracing and infection control of Serratia marcescens blood culture events in pediatric patients

Frontiers in Microbiology
ObjectiveSerratia marcescens (S. marcescens) is an opportunistic pathogen increasingly associated with nosocomial infections in immunocompromised pediatric patients.
Wang Zhang, Caihua Ma, Falin Xu, Chenjing Zhao, Ling Wang   +4 more
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Management of Dental and Orthodontic Practice in the COVID-19 Scenario

Frontiers in Dentistry, 2022
The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic due to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has casted a deep impact on every aspect of the human life all over the world.
Syed wajahat Mohammad Razavi, Chanjyot Singh Walia   +1 more
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Economic evaluations and their use in infection prevention and control: a narrative review

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2018
Background The objective of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview of the different types of economic evaluations that can be utilized by Infection Prevention and Control practitioners with a particular focus on the use of the quality ...
Elissa Rennert-May, John Conly, Jenine Leal, Stephanie Smith, Braden Manns   +4 more
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Upsurge of Dengue Prevalence During the Third Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh: Pouring Gasoline to Fire

Clinical Pathology, 2022
Recently, there has been an alarming increase in Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) and dengue virus infection cases in Bangladesh. As the 2 viral diseases share many similar symptoms, healthcare practitioners are facing difficulty in correctly ...
Fahad Imtiaz Rahman, Sadia Afruz Ether, Md. Rabiul Islam   +2 more
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Standards for Infection Control Nurse Practitioner competency standards

Salud, Ciencia y Tecnología, 2022
The main aim of this document is to contribute to improve the professional development of Infection Control Nurses and to be a standard for the certification and recertification of these professionals. In Argentina, until now, the Infection Control Nurses don´t have a uniform academic training at national level. A framework of reference was outlined to
Wanda Alcalá, Ana María Azario, Stella Maimone, Silvia Villa, Andrea Novau, María Laura María Laura Vernazz   +5 more
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Burnout in Infection Control Practitioners During Public Health Crisis Events: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review Protocol [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

HRB Open Research
Background Infection prevention and control work environments are highly complex in nature and have long been associated with crisis events including serious infectious disease outbreaks.
Ella Arensman, Sinead Creedon, Anna Trace, Maura P Smiddy   +3 more
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Disinfection of ultrasonic equipment in non-isolated diagnosis area in COVID-19 epidemic situation [PDF]

Jichu yixue yu linchuang, 2020
During coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) pandemic, hospitals adopt effective measures including cleaning, disinfection, isolation and personal protection, aiming to prevent nosocomial infections and control the epidemic spread.
MENG Wei, WANG Ruo-jiao, LYU Ke, ZHANG Yi-xiu, LI Jian-chu, LI Wen-bo, WANG Ming
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