"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.780.200.450
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Infection Control" by people in this website by year, and whether "Infection Control" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2015 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 2016 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2017 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Infection Control" by people in Profiles.
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Schweon SJ, Pogorzelska-Maziarz M. Survey said! LTC-CIP?certificant's perspective with passing the certification exam. Am J Infect Control. 2025 03; 53(3):291-296.
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Guzman-Cottrill JA, Blatt DB, Bryant KA, McGrath CL, Zerr DM, Rosenthal A, Kociolek LK, Murphy C, Ravin KA. SHEA practice update: infection prevention and control (IPC) in residential facilities for pediatric patients and their families. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2025 01; 46(1):3-26.
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Manning ML, Zabriskie K, Egger S, Kerr M, Kay J, Renzi J. Academic-practice partnership: Exploring a model for collaborative nursing education in infection prevention and control. Am J Infect Control. 2024 10; 52(10):1223-1224.
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Teymourian H, ArianNik M, Mohit B, Massoudi N. A retrospective cohort study of the impact of COVID-19 infection control measures on surgical site infections in an academic hospital setting. Int Wound J. 2024 Mar; 21(3):e14583.
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Thampi N, Guzman-Cottrill J, Bartlett AH, Berg W, Cantey JB, Kitt E, Ravin K, Zangwill KM, Elward A. SHEA NICU white paper series: Practical approaches for the prevention of viral respiratory infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 03; 45(3):267-276.
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McGrath CL, Logan LK, Deloney VM, Rubin LG, Ravin KA, Muller M, Bartlett AH, de St Maurice A, Linam WM, Caughell C, Ramirez-Avila L. Monitoring health disparities in healthcare-associated infection surveillance: A Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Research Network (SRN) Survey. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Apr; 45(4):526-529.
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Merrill K, Cervantes D, Hebden JN, Pogorzelska-Maziarz M, Piatek D, Monsees E, Hessels A. Infection preventionists in public health, consultant and academic roles: Results from the 2020 APIC MegaSurvey. Am J Infect Control. 2024 03; 52(3):261-266.
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Amaefule AQ, Litvintchouk A, de Cordova P, Maio V, Pogorzelska-Maziarz M. Reevaluating the Significance of Infection Preventionists and Infection Prevention and Control Departments in the Post-COVID-19 Era. Am J Med Qual. 2023 Jul-Aug 01; 38(4):206-208.
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Pogorzelska-Maziarz M, Monsees E, Hessels A. APIC Megasurvey 2020: Methodology and overview of results. Am J Infect Control. 2023 03; 51(3):241-247.
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Meller ME, Pfaff BL, Borgert AJ, Richmond CS, Athas DM, Kenny PA, Sabin AP. Optimized infection control practices augment the robust protective effect of vaccination for ESRD patients during a hemodialysis facility SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. Am J Infect Control. 2022 10; 50(10):1118-1124.