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 104 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 20 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	1	0	1
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	1	3	4
2013	5	2	7
2014	9	1	10
2015	9	1	10
2016	7	4	11
2017	3	2	5
2018	1	1	2
2019	0	1	1
2020	9	11	20
2021	5	1	6
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	1	1
2024	0	1	1

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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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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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Jafree SR, Zakar R, Rafiq N, Javed A, Durrani RR, Burhan SK, Hasnain Nadir SM, Ali F, Shahid A, Momina AU, Wrona KJ, Mahmood QK, Fischer F. WhatsApp-Delivered Intervention for Continued Learning for Nurses in Pakistan During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a Randomized-Controlled Trial. Front Public Health. 2022; 10:739761.

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Swaminathan N, Perloff SR, Zuckerman JM. Prevention of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission in Health Care Settings. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2021 12; 35(4):1013-1025.

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Esquenazi A, Watanabe T, Barcikowski J, Cao N, Sachinwalla E, Kwasniewski M. Impact of Vaccination in the Rate of COVID-19 Staff Infection in an Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2021 Nov 01; 100(11):1031-1032.

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Tovia-Brodie O, Rav Acha M, Belhassen B, Gasperetti A, Schiavone M, Forleo GB, Guevara-Valdivia ME, Ruiz DV, Lellouche N, Hamon D, Castagno D, Bellettini M, De Ferrari GM, Laredo M, Carvès JB, Ignatiuk B, Pasquetto G, De Filippo P, Malanchini G, Pavri BB, Raphael C, Rivetti L, Mantovan R, Chinitz J, Harding M, Boriani G, Casali E, Wan EY, Biviano A, Macias C, Havranek S, Lazzerini PE, Canu AM, Zardini M, Conte G, Cano Ó, Casella M, Rudic B, Omelchenko A, Mathuria N, Upadhyay GA, Danon A, Schwartz AL, Maury P, Nakahara S, Goldenberg G, Schaerli N, Bereza S, Auricchio A, Glikson M, Michowitz Y. Implantation of cardiac electronic devices in active COVID-19 patients: Results from an international survey. Heart Rhythm. 2022 02; 19(2):206-216.

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Pfaff BL, Richmond CS, Sabin AP, Athas DM, Adams JC, Meller ME, Usha K, Schmitz SA, Simmons BJ, Borgert AJ, Kenny PA. Outbreak or pseudo-outbreak? Integrating SARS-CoV-2 sequencing to validate infection control practices in a dialysis facility. Am J Infect Control. 2021 10; 49(10):1232-1236.

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Mohamed MO, Banerjee A, Clarke S, de Belder M, Patwala A, Goodwin AT, Kwok CS, Rashid M, Gale CP, Curzen N, Mamas MA. Impact of COVID-19 on cardiac procedure activity in England and associated 30-day mortality. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2021 05 03; 7(3):247-256.

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Shang J, Chastain AM, Perera UGE, Dick AW, Fu CJ, Madigan EA, Pogorzelska-Maziarz M, Stone PW. The state of infection prevention and control at home health agencies in the United States prior to COVID-19: A cross-sectional study. Int J Nurs Stud. 2021 Mar; 115:103841.

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Hebden J, Pogorzelska-Maziarz M. Journal club: Stopping the routine use of contact precautions for management of MRSA and VRE at three academic medical centers: An interrupted time series analysis. Am J Infect Control. 2020 12; 48(12):1562-1563.

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