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O. C. Tablan
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 15
Citations - 4426
O. C. Tablan is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Infection control & Pneumonia. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 15 publications receiving 4339 citations.
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Guidelines for Preventing Health-Care-- Associated Pneumonia, 2003 Recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
TL;DR: The new guidelines are designed to reduce the incidence of pneumonia and other severe, acute lower respiratory tract infections in acute-care hospitals and in other health-care settings (e.g., ambulatory and longterm care institutions) and other facilities where health care is provided.
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Strategies to Prevent and Control the Emergence and Spread of Antimicrobial-Resistant Microorganisms in Hospitals: A Challenge to Hospital Leadership
Donald A. Goldmann,Robert A. Weinstein,Richard P. Wenzel,O. C. Tablan,Richard J. Duma,Robert P. Gaynes,J Schlosser,William J. Martone +7 more
TL;DR: To provide hospital leaders with strategic goals or actions likely to have a significant impact on antimicrobial resistance, outline outcome and process measures for evaluating progress toward each goal, describe potential barriers to success, and suggest countermeasures and novel improvement strategies.
Recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
TL;DR: The new guidelines are designed to reduce the incidence of pneumonia and other severe, acute lower respiratory tract infections in acute-care hospitals and in other health-care settings (e.g., ambulatory and long-term care institutions) and other facilities where health care is provided.
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Guideline for prevention of nosocomial pneumonia.
O. C. Tablan,Lydia Anderson,Nancy H. Arden,R. F. Braiman,Jay C. Butler,Michael M. McNeil,W. J. Hierholzer,Julia S. Garner,D. E. Craven,D. W. Fleming,S. W. Forlenza,M. J. Gilchrist,Donald A. Goldmann,Robert W. Haley,C. G. Mayhall,R. D. McCormick,R. L. Nichols,C. C. Sanders,E. S. Wong +18 more
TL;DR: In this guideline, no distinction is made between pneumonia and other lower respiratory tract infections, such as purulent bronchitis or lung abscess, and isolation techniques used to prevent transmission of microorganisms involved in pneumonia are mentioned only briefly.
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Guideline for infection control in health care personnel, 1998
E. A. Bolyard,O. C. Tablan,Walter W. Williams,Michele L. Pearson,Craig N. Shapiro,S. D. Deitchman,W J Jr Hierhoizer,S. W. Forlenza,A. B. Adams,M. J. Gilchrist,E. L. Larson,J. T. Lee,R. D. McCormick,R. L. Nichols,Jane D. Siegel +14 more
TL;DR: Infection control issues for health care personnel: An overview and strategies for monitoring and controlling bloodborne pathogens are presented.