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Infection Control and Prevention Considerations

2014
Due to the nature of their underlying illness and treatment regimens, cancer patients are at increased risk of infection. Though the advent and widespread use of anti-infective agents has allowed for the application of ever-greater immune-suppressing therapies with successful treatment of infectious complications, prevention of infection remains the ...
Titus L, Daniels, Thomas R, Talbot
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Infection Prevention and Control

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 1992
Nurses are clearly at risk for exposure to HIV through blood and body fluids, and they frequently use needles and sharp objects. In addition, critical care patients are at high risk for nosocomial infections due to other etiologic agents. This article addresses reducing the risk of infection for both nurses and patients using a variety of strategies.
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PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIONS

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1947
IN THE monthly bulletin issued by the Children's Bureau in March 1942 there appeared the following statements: "Among the causes of neonatal deaths (deaths of infants under one month of age) in the report of the United Bureau of Census, premature birth played the chief role, accounting for 46 per cent of these deaths in 1940." In Chicago, except for ...
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Infection prevention and control

Abstract This chapter provides an overview of infection control within healthcare institutions, with summaries of important relevant clinical syndromes such as hospital-acquired pneumonia and Clostridioides difficile infections. Reference is made to key legislation, regulatory bodies, and national guidelines.
Philip Woodrow, Barry Hill
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Infection Prevention and Control

2017
This book sets out to offer a range of perceptions and perspectives related to infection prevention and control from a number of varying individuals across the health care spectrum. In relation to this as you read through the chapters it will become evident that each of the editors and contributors has offered their own unique and individualistic ...
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Infection prevention and control

Dental Nursing, 2018
The purpose of infection control is to reduce the occurrence of infectious diseases
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Infection Control and Prevention

2009
Cancer center patients are frequently immune suppressed and are, therefore, at risk for a wide range of opportunistic pathogens in addition to common nosocomial pathogens that are a problem for patients throughout the hospital. A good infection control program is extremely important in this setting to reduce the risks of community- and hospital ...
Kerri Thom, Mary-Claire Roghmann
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Infection control and prevention

Abstract Hospital-acquired infections remain a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly in the intensive care unit where patients are more vulnerable due to underlying conditions, invasive devices, and exposure to antibiotics.
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Control and Prevention of MRSA Infections

2007
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has posed an immense problem for clinicians in the hospital setting for years, emerging as the most frequent nosocomial infection. To deal with this problem pathogen and others, infectious disease specialists have developed a variety of procedures for their control and prevention, involving options ...
Liangsu, Wang, John F, Barrett
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Infection Prevention and Control Update

Home Healthcare Now, 2021
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