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 31 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 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	2	0	2
2014	1	2	3
2016	0	1	1
2017	1	0	1
2018	0	1	1
2019	2	1	3
2020	6	0	6

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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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Shalowitz DI, Lefkowits C, Landrum LM, von Gruenigen VE, Spillman MA. Principles of ethics and critical communication during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gynecol Oncol. 2020 09; 158(3):526-530.

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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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Mumma J, Simiyu S, Aseyo E, Anderson J, Czerniewska A, Allen E, Dreibelbis R, Baker KK, Cumming O. The Safe Start trial to assess the effect of an infant hygiene intervention on enteric infections and diarrhoea in low-income informal neighbourhoods of Kisumu, Kenya: a study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Dec 19; 19(1):1066.

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Buxton H, Flynn E, Oluyinka O, Cumming O, Esteves Mills J, Shiras T, Sara S, Dreibelbis R. Barriers and opportunities experienced by staff when implementing infection prevention and control guidelines during labour and delivery in healthcare facilities in Nigeria. J Hosp Infect. 2019 Dec; 103(4):428-434.

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Buxton H, Flynn E, Oluyinka O, Cumming O, Esteves Mills J, Shiras T, Sara S, Dreibelbis R. Hygiene During Childbirth: An Observational Study to Understand Infection Risk in Healthcare Facilities in Kogi and Ebonyi States, Nigeria. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 04 11; 16(7).

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Sammons JS, Graf EH, Townsend S, Hoegg CL, Smathers SA, Coffin SE, Williams K, Mitchell SL, Nawab U, Munson D, Quinn G, Binenbaum G. Outbreak of Adenovirus in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Critical Importance of Equipment Cleaning During Inpatient Ophthalmologic Examinations. Ophthalmology. 2019 01; 126(1):137-143.

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