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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	N06.850.780.200.450
Concept/Terms	Infection Control Infection Control Control, Infection

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Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Public Health Practice [N06.850.780]
Communicable Disease Control [N06.850.780.200]
Infection Control [N06.850.780.200.450]

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Bar chart showing 33 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	1	0	1
2000	1	1	2
2003	1	1	2
2004	0	1	1
2005	3	0	3
2007	1	0	1
2008	1	0	1
2009	1	0	1
2012	1	0	1
2013	1	0	1
2014	1	2	3
2016	0	1	1
2017	1	0	1
2018	0	1	1
2019	2	1	3
2020	5	0	5
2021	2	2	4

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Jennings LA, Araujo KLB, Meng C, Peduzzi P, Charpentier P, Reuben DB. Utility of a short, telephone-administered version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 10; 69(10):2741-2744.

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Makata K, Ensink J, Ayieko P, Hansen C, Sichalwe S, Mngara J, Mcharo O, Mazigo H, Seni J, Dreibelbis R, Rockowitz S, Okello E, Grosskurth H, Kinung'hi S, Kapiga S. Hand hygiene intervention to optimise soil-transmitted helminth infection control among primary school children: the Mikono Safi cluster randomised controlled trial in northwestern Tanzania. BMC Med. 2021 05 21; 19(1):125.

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Barie PS, Ho VP, Hunter CJ, Kaufman EJ, Narayan M, Pieracci FM, Schubl SD, Heffernan DS, Huston JM. Surgical Infection Society Guidance for Restoration of Surgical Services during the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2021 Oct; 22(8):818-827.

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Wendelboe AM, Kim SE, Kinney S, Cuellar AE, Salinas L, Chou AF. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Allowing Additional Time in Cleaning Hospital Contact Precautions Rooms. Hosp Top. 2021 Jul-Sep; 99(3):130-139.

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McGuire MK, Seppo A, Goga A, Buonsenso D, Collado MC, Donovan SM, Müller JA, Ofman G, Monroy-Valle M, O'Connor DL, Pace RM, Van de Perre P. Best Practices for Human Milk Collection for COVID-19 Research. Breastfeed Med. 2021 01; 16(1):29-38.

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Makata K, Kinung'hi S, Hansen C, Ayieko P, Sichalwe S, Mcharo O, Ensink J, Dreibelbis R, Rockowitz S, Okello E, Grosskurth H, Kapiga S. Hand hygiene intervention to optimize helminth infection control: Design and baseline results of Mikono Safi-An ongoing school-based cluster-randomised controlled trial in NW Tanzania. PLoS One. 2020; 15(12):e0242240.

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Nalule Y, Buxton H, Flynn E, Oluyinka O, Sara S, Cumming O, Dreibelbis R. Hygiene along the continuum of care in the early post-natal period: an observational study in Nigeria. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2020 Oct 06; 20(1):589.

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Boyd CJ, Inglesby DC, Corey B, Greene BJ, Harrington MA, Johnson MD, King TW, Rais-Bahrami S, Tavana ML. Impact of COVID-19 on Away Rotations in Surgical Fields. J Surg Res. 2020 11; 255:96-98.

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Esteves Mills J, Flynn E, Cumming O, Dreibelbis R. Determinants of clean birthing practices in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review. BMC Public Health. 2020 May 01; 20(1):602.

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Gon G, Dancer S, Dreibelbis R, Graham WJ, Kilpatrick C. Reducing hand recontamination of healthcare workers during COVID-19. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Jul; 41(7):870-871.

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