Infection Control Practitioners
"Infection Control Practitioners" 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.
Physicians or other qualified individuals responsible for implementing and overseeing the policies and procedures followed by a health care facility to reduce the risk of infection to patients and staff.
| Descriptor ID |
D016357
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.526.485.490 N02.360.490
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| Concept/Terms |
Infection Control Practitioners- Infection Control Practitioners
- Practitioners, Infection Control
- Infection Control Practitioner
- Practitioner, Infection Control
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Infection Control Practitioners" by people in Profiles.
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Exploring the promise and reality of ward-based primary healthcare outreach teams conducting TB household contact tracing in three districts of South Africa. PLoS One. 2021; 16(8):e0256033.
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Formulation of a departmental COVID-19 contingency plan for contact tracing and facilities management. Hong Kong Med J. 2021 04; 27(2):148-149.
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Mental health status among Chinese healthcare-associated infection control professionals during the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019: A national cross-sectional survey. Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Feb 05; 100(5):e24503.
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Halting a SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in a US Veterans Affairs nursing home. Am J Infect Control. 2021 Jan; 49(1):115-119.
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COVID-19 in a Sydney nursing home: a case study and lessons learnt. Med J Aust. 2020 11; 213(9):393-396.e1.
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Management and Reconfiguration of a Radiology Department under the Threat of Coronavirus Disease 2019: Experience from Wuhan. Curr Med Sci. 2020 Aug; 40(4):608-613.
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Developing and implementing an infection prevention and control program for a COVID-19 alternative care site in Philadelphia, PA. Am J Infect Control. 2021 01; 49(1):77-81.
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Validation of semiautomated surgical site infection surveillance using electronic screening algorithms in 38 surgery categories. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 08; 39(8):931-935.
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Real-Time, Automated Detection of Ventilator-Associated Events: Avoiding Missed Detections, Misclassifications, and False Detections Due to Human Error. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 07; 39(7):826-833.
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Self-monitoring by Environmental Services May Not Accurately Measure Thoroughness of Hospital Room Cleaning. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 11; 38(11):1371-1373.