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Management of Coronavirus disease 2019 in dentistry

Journal of Oral Research and Review, 2020
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The outbreak of COVID-19 which was first detected in Wuhan, China, has evolved swiftly into a worldwide ...
Neetha Pious, Amol Mhatre, Sumedh D Ingole   +2 more
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The infection control practitioner and an expanding responsibility

American Journal of Infection Control, 1986
The infection control practitioner (ICP) has grown from the role of a tabulator of hospital infections to a seeker of the causes of and preventive measures against nosocomial infections. The ICP’s efforts have led to reduced risks and costs to the institution’s patients.
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Study on the Importance of Hygienic Hand Disinfection of Dental Practitioners and Students as an Infection Control Measure in Dental Practice [PDF]

Antibiotics (Basel)
Kondeva V, Stoeva V, Kalchev Y, Stoyanova R.   +3 more
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Evaluation of awareness of dental practitioners in Bushehr of infection control techniques during dental radiographic procedures

مجله دانشکده دندانپزشکی اصفهان, 2012
Introduction: Patients, health care workers and dental practitioners are exposed to oral infections and infective microorganisms during dental imaging procedures.
Ehsan Hekmatian, Hosein Khalafi
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An assessment of cross infection control practice in Nigerian oral health care workers

Nigerian Dental Journal, 2014
Objective: This study was aimed at assessing the cross infection control practices among dental health care practitioners in Nigeria. Method: Questionnaires were administered to 137 Dentists, 56 Dental Therapists and 62 Dental Surgery Assistants (DSAs ...
M.F. Gyang, O. Tokede, O.A. Adeleke, G.A. Chukwu, P.H. Jalo   +4 more
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Factors Affecting Awareness of Infection Control Measures among Dental Practitioners of Karachi [PDF]

, 2022
Aishah Aijaz, Asghar Ali Shigri, Saima Asim, Muhammad Umair Hassan, Syed Muhammad Zulfiqar Hyder Naqvi, Shikoh Naz   +5 more
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Perceptions of healthcare professionals regarding the main challenges and barriers to effective hospital infection control in Mongolia: a qualitative study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2012
Background It is not fully understood why healthcare decision-makers of developing countries often give low priority to infection control and why they are unable to implement international guidelines.
Ider Bat-Erdene, Adams Jon, Morton Anthony, Whitby Michael, Clements Archie   +4 more
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A One Health Approach to Strengthening Antimicrobial Stewardship in Wakiso District, Uganda

Antibiotics, 2020
Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS), as one of the global strategies to promote responsible use of antimicrobials to prevent antimicrobial resistance (AMR), remains poor in many low-and middle-income countries (LMICs).
David Musoke, Freddy Eric Kitutu, Lawrence Mugisha, Saba Amir, Claire Brandish, Deborah Ikhile, Henry Kajumbula, Ismail Musoke Kizito, Grace Biyinzika Lubega, Filimin Niyongabo, Bee Yean Ng, Jean O’Driscoll, Kate Russell-Hobbs, Jody Winter, Linda Gibson   +14 more
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The infection control practitioner as investigator of clinical phenomena

American Journal of Infection Control, 1987
Infection control practitioners (ICPs) are better equipped than many other groups of health care professionals to conduct systematic inquiry into practice-related issues. ICPs have usually been exposed to statistical and epidemiologic concepts such as calculation of rates, significance testing, study design, outbreak investigation, causality, validity ...
E, Larson, E A, Bolyard, D, Vlahov
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Development and Application of an Educational-Training Programme for Infection Control Practitioners in Long-Term Care Hospitals. [PDF]

Healthcare (Basel), 2023
Jeong SY, Kim OS.
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