Cross Infection - Prevention & control
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Monday, November 23, 2009

[Nosocomial infections--ecological niches]

24 Oct 2009 Knowledge of ecological niches of nosocomial pathogens is used in treatment and prevention of nosocomial infections. This article offers an analysis of the ecological niches of three important nosocomial pathogens: Clostridium difficile, ... Read more...

Statins for the prevention and treatment of infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

10 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Emerging epidemiological evidence suggests that statin use may reduce the risk of infections and infection-related complications. Our objective was to examine the association between statin use and the risk of infections and related ... Read more...

Surgical mask vs N95 respirator for preventing influenza among health care workers: a randomized trial.

29 Sep 2009 CONTEXT: Data about the effectiveness of the surgical mask compared with the N95 respirator for protecting health care workers against influenza are sparse. Given the likelihood that N95 respirators will be in short supply during a pandemic and not ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Cross Infection - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Potential contamination of side stream capnography systems during regional anaesthesia. 30 Oct 2009
• MRSA, screening and implications for the anaesthetist. 30 Oct 2009
• [Nosocomial infections--ecological niches] 24 Oct 2009
• Statins for the prevention and treatment of infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 10 Oct 2009
• Lactoferrin supplementation to prevent nosocomial infections in preterm infants. 5 Oct 2009
• [Infection control guidelines for the intensive care unit] 30 Sep 2009
• Surgical mask vs N95 respirator for preventing influenza among health care workers: a randomized trial. 29 Sep 2009
• Respiratory protection against influenza. 29 Sep 2009
• Healthcare-associated infections: Arkansas hospitals work to improve patient care and cut costs through prevention. 29 Sep 2009
• Reflecting on the future of infection prevention and control: are we waiting or creating? 29 Sep 2009
• Experimental evaluation of the efficacy of sanitation procedures in operating rooms. 29 Sep 2009
• Hospital looks at itself, culture to fight MDROs. 29 Sep 2009
• [Repeated prevalence investigations of nursing home-associated infections as a tool to assess the hygienic quality of care] 29 Sep 2009
• Healthcare associated infections. 26 Sep 2009
• [Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in nursing homes] 22 Sep 2009
• What works and what doesn't for the control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection: dogma and data. 13 Sep 2009
• The inverse groups? 13 Sep 2009
• Safety first. Joint Commission's new center pinpoints leadership. 12 Sep 2009
• [Legal basis for the hygienic processing of medicinal products] 9 Sep 2009
• Risk factors of scabies in psychiatric and long-term care hospitals: a nationwide mail-in survey in Japan. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Cross Infection'

Definition: Any infection which a patient contracts in a health-care institution.

Descriptor UI: D003428

Alternative terms: Cross Infection; Infection, Cross; Cross Infections; Infections, Cross; Infections, Hospital; Hospital Infection; Infection, Hospital; Infections, Nosocomial; Infection, Nosocomial; Nosocomial Infection; Nosocomial Infections; Hospital Infections;

Related Mesh Headings: Patient Isolation; Patient Isolators; Infection Control; Community-Acquired Infections; Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient; Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; Catheter-Related Infections;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; transmission; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C01.539.248;

Online Note: use CROSS INFECTION to search HOSPITAL INFECTIONS 1966-78

History Note: HOSPITAL INFECTIONS was see under CROSS INFECTION 1971-78, was see CROSS INFECTIONS 1963-70

Technical Notes: note INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL and INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT are also available