"Infection Control" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Programs of disease surveillance, generally within health care facilities, designed to investigate, prevent, and control the spread of infections and their causative microorganisms.
| Descriptor ID |
D017053
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.780.200.450
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Infection Control".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Infection Control".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Infection Control" by people in this website by year, and whether "Infection Control" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2011 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Infection Control" by people in Profiles.
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SHEA/IDSA/APIC Practice Recommendation: Strategies to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission and infection in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Jul; 44(7):1039-1067.
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Asymptomatic screening for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as an infection prevention measure in healthcare facilities: Challenges and considerations. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 01; 44(1):2-7.
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Hospital-acquired coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among patients of two acute-care hospitals: Implications for surveillance. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 12; 43(12):1761-1766.
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Adapting and thriving, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) partnership. Am J Infect Control. 2022 01; 50(1):3.
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Infection control in the intensive care unit: expert consensus statements for SARS-CoV-2 using a Delphi method. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 03; 22(3):e74-e87.
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Computer Informatics for Infection Control. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2021 09; 35(3):755-769.
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Healthcare personnel experiences implementing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales infection control measures at a ventilator-capable skilled nursing facility-A qualitative analysis. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 08; 43(8):1010-1016.
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MRSA Transmission in Intensive Care Units: Genomic Analysis of Patients, Their Environments, and Healthcare Workers. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 06 01; 72(11):1879-1887.
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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on APRN practice: Results from a national survey. Nurs Outlook. 2021 Sep-Oct; 69(5):783-792.
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How Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals Can Play an Important Role in Controlling Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in a Region: A Simulation Modeling Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2021 02 01; 190(3):448-458.