"Cross Infection" 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.
Any infection which a patient contracts in a health-care institution.
| Descriptor ID |
D003428
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.248 C23.550.291.875.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Cross Infection- Cross Infection
- Health Care Associated Infections
- Infection, Cross
- Cross Infections
- Infections, Cross
- Health Care Associated Infection
- Healthcare Associated Infections
- Healthcare Associated Infection
- Infection, Healthcare Associated
- Infections, Healthcare Associated
Infections, Hospital- Infections, Hospital
- Hospital Infection
- Infection, Hospital
- Infections, Nosocomial
- Infection, Nosocomial
- Nosocomial Infection
- Nosocomial Infections
- Hospital Infections
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cross Infection" by people in Profiles.
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Infection Is Not Associated With Plasma or Cryoprecipitate Transfusion Volumes in Trauma: A Retrospective Study Using the National Trauma Data Bank. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2024 May; 25(4):291-299.
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Hand hygiene during facility-based childbirth in Cambodia: a theory-driven, mixed-methods observational study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 Jun 17; 21(1):429.
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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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Reducing hand recontamination of healthcare workers during COVID-19. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Jul; 41(7):870-871.
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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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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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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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The new frontier of diagnostics: Molecular assays and their role in infection prevention and control. Am J Infect Control. 2017 Feb 01; 45(2):158-169.
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Effectiveness of Decolonization With Chlorhexidine and Mupirocin in Reducing Surgical Site Infections: A Systematic Review. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2016 Jul-Aug; 35(4):204-22.
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Does major surgery induce immune suppression and increase the risk of postoperative infection? Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2016 Jun; 29(3):376-83.