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Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Contact Rates during a Simulated Influenza Pandemic

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007
Measures to decrease contact between persons during an influenza pandemic have been included in pandemic response plans. We used stochastic simulation models to explore the effects of school closings, voluntary confinements of ill persons and their ...
Michael J. Haber, Davis K. Shay, Xiaohong M. Davis, Rajan Patel, Xiaoping Jin, Eric Weintraub, Evan Orenstein, William W. Thompson   +7 more
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Impact of Active Surveillance and Contact Isolation on Transmission of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Intensive Care Units in an Area With High Prevalence

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2010
Previous research has suggested that active surveillance and early initiation of contact isolation (ASI) can control the nosocomial spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), especially among intensive care unit (ICU) patients. However,
Jann-Tay Wang, Tsai-Ling Lauderdale, Wen-Sen Lee, Jeng-Hua Huang, Tsung-Hsi Wang, Shan-Chwen Chang   +5 more
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Analysis of Facility and Home Isolation Strategies in COVID 19 Pandemic: Evidences from Jodhpur, India [Corrigendum]

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2021
Bhardwaj P, Joshi NK, Gupta MK, et al. Infect Drug Resist. 2021;14:2233–2239. Page 2233, Introduction, second paragraph, third sentence, the text “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Isolation is the &ldquo ...
Bhardwaj P, Joshi NK, Gupta MK, Goel AD, Saurabh S, Charan J, Rajpurohit P, Ola S, Singh P, Bisht S, Bishnoi NR, Manda B, Singh K, Misra S   +13 more
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Need for Aeromedical Evacuation High-Level Containment Transport Guidelines

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
Circumstances exist that call for the aeromedical evacuation high-level containment transport (AE-HLCT) of patients with highly hazardous communicable diseases.
Shawn G. Gibbs, Jocelyn J. Herstein, Aurora B. Le, Elizabeth L. Beam, Theodore J. Cieslak, James V. Lawler, Joshua L. Santarpia, Terry L. Stentz, Kelli R. Kopocis-Herstein, Chandran Achutan, Gary W. Carter, John J. Lowe   +11 more
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Evaluation of COVID-19 Patient Safety Compared to Non-COVID-19 Patients and Predisposing Factors of Nursing Errors

Aquichan, 2022
Objectives: The present study aims to determine Patient Safety in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 compared to non-COVID-19 ones and find predisposing factors of nursing errors according to nurses’ perceptions.
Leila Mohammadnahal, Abasat Mirzaei , Mohammad Javad Khezeli   +2 more
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A Positive Attitude to Negate a False Positive Test Result: An Intern’s Experience with COVID-19

International Journal of Medical Students, 2020
I recount my experience as an intern in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the COVID-19 pandemic. I received a patient who was presumed to have COVID and was isolated. The first test result was a false positive, so I was discharged.
Vanessa N. Youmbi
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Decreased Ebola Transmission after Rapid Response to Outbreaks in Remote Areas, Liberia, 2014

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015
We measured the reproduction number before and after interventions were implemented to reduce Ebola transmission in 9 outbreaks in Liberia during 2014.
Kim A. Lindblade, Francis Kateh, Thomas K. Nagbe, John C. Neatherlin, Satish K. Pillai, Kathleen R. Attfield, Emmanuel Dweh, Danielle T. Barradas, Seymour G. Williams, David J. Blackley, Hannah L. Kirking, Monita R. Patel, Monica Dea, Mehran S. Massoudi, Kathleen Wannemuehler, Albert E. Barskey, Shauna L. Mettee Zarecki, Moses Fomba, Steven Grube, Lisa Belcher, Laura N. Broyles, T. Nikki Maxwell, Jose E. Hagan, Kristin Yeoman, Matthew Westercamp, Joseph D. Forrester, Joshua Mott, Frank Mahoney, Laurence Slutsker, Kevin M. DeCock, Tolbert G. Nyenswah   +30 more
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A source isolator for infected patients [PDF]

Journal of Hygiene, 1976
SUMMARYA plastic, mechanically ventilated source isolator with filters in the air effluent was designed to enable infected patients to be nursed and treated in a general ward or to be transported without risk to staff or other contacts.Two models of isolator were developed.
J R, Babb, K, Bridges, E J, Lowbury, E M, Hodgson, P C, Trexler   +4 more
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Analysis of Facility and Home Isolation Strategies in COVID 19 Pandemic: Evidences from Jodhpur, India

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2021
Pankaj Bhardwaj,1 Nitin Kumar Joshi,1 Manoj Kumar Gupta,1 Akhil Dhanesh Goel,1 Suman Saurabh,1 Jaykaran Charan,2 Prakash Rajpurohit,3 Suresh Ola,4 Pritam Singh,5 Sunil Bisht,5 NR Bishnoi,6 Balwant Manda,5 Kuldeep Singh,7 Sanjeev Misra8 1Community ...
Bhardwaj P, Joshi NK, Gupta MK, Goel AD, Saurabh S, Charan J, Rajpurohit P, Ola S, Singh P, Bisht S, Bishnoi NR, Manda B, Singh K, Misra S   +13 more
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The effect of isolation precautions on care processes and medical outcomes in patients colonized with MRSA

GMS Hygiene and Infection Control, 2019
Background: Isolation precautions used in methicillin-resistant (MRSA) infection control are effective in inhibiting pathogen transmission, but may cause unintended consequences in medical care.
Labus, David, Weinhold, Leonie, Heller, Joerg   +2 more
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