 Infection Control
"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.
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D017053
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.780.200.450
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| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1994 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1998 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 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 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 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 | 3 | 5 | | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Infection Control" by people in Profiles.
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Huang SS, Septimus E, Kleinman K, Moody J, Hickok J, Heim L, Gombosev A, Avery TR, Haffenreffer K, Shimelman L, Hayden MK, Weinstein RA, Spencer-Smith C, Kaganov RE, Murphy MV, Forehand T, Lankiewicz J, Coady MH, Portillo L, Sarup-Patel J, Jernigan JA, Perlin JB, Platt R. Chlorhexidine versus routine bathing to prevent multidrug-resistant organisms and all-cause bloodstream infections in general medical and surgical units (ABATE Infection trial): a cluster-randomised trial. Lancet. 2019 Mar 23; 393(10177):1205-1215.
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Huang SS, Singh R, McKinnell JA, Park S, Gombosev A, Eells SJ, Gillen DL, Kim D, Rashid S, Macias-Gil R, Bolaris MA, Tjoa T, Cao C, Hong SS, Lequieu J, Cui E, Chang J, He J, Evans K, Peterson E, Simpson G, Robinson P, Choi C, Bailey CC, Leo JD, Amin A, Goldmann D, Jernigan JA, Platt R, Septimus E, Weinstein RA, Hayden MK, Miller LG. Decolonization to Reduce Postdischarge Infection Risk among MRSA Carriers. N Engl J Med. 2019 02 14; 380(7):638-650.
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Shimasaki T, Segreti J, Tomich A, Kim J, Hayden MK, Lin MY. Active screening and interfacility communication of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) in a tertiary-care hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 09; 39(9):1058-1062.
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Quan E, Mahmood R, Naik A, Sargon P, Shastri N, Venu M, Parada JP, Gupta N. Use of adenosine triphosphate to audit reprocessing of flexible endoscopes with an elevator mechanism. Am J Infect Control. 2018 11; 46(11):1272-1277.
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Rhee Y, Palmer LJ, Okamoto K, Gemunden S, Hammouda K, Kemble SK, Lin MY, Lolans K, Fogg L, Guanaga D, Yokoe DS, Weinstein RA, Frendl G, Hayden MK. Differential Effects of Chlorhexidine Skin Cleansing Methods on Residual Chlorhexidine Skin Concentrations and Bacterial Recovery. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 04; 39(4):405-411.
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Banach DB, Bearman G, Barnden M, Hanrahan JA, Leekha S, Morgan DJ, Murthy R, Munoz-Price LS, Sullivan KV, Popovich KJ, Wiemken TL. Duration of Contact Precautions for Acute-Care Settings. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 02; 39(2):127-144.
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Banach DB, Johnston BL, Al-Zubeidi D, Bartlett AH, Bleasdale SC, Deloney VM, Enfield KB, Guzman-Cottrill JA, Lowe C, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Popovich KJ, Patel PK, Ravin K, Rowe T, Shenoy ES, Stienecker R, Tosh PK, Trivedi KK. Outbreak Response and Incident Management: SHEA Guidance and Resources for Healthcare Epidemiologists in United States Acute-Care Hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 12; 38(12):1393-1419.
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Segreti J, Parvizi J, Berbari E, Ricks P, Berríos-Torres SI. Introduction to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection: Prosthetic Joint Arthroplasty Section. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2017 May/Jun; 18(4):394-400.
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Anderson DJ, Jenkins TC, Evans SR, Harris AD, Weinstein RA, Tamma PD, Han JH, Banerjee R, Patel R, Zaoutis T, Lautenbach E. The Role of Stewardship in Addressing Antibacterial Resistance: Stewardship and Infection Control Committee of the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Mar 15; 64(suppl_1):S36-S40.
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Lin MY, Trick WE. Informatics in Infection Control. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2016 09; 30(3):759-70.
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