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CDC definitions for nosocomial infections
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This article is published in American Journal of Infection Control.The article was published on 1989-02-01. It has received 4692 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nosocomial infection control.read more
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Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China
Chaolin Huang,Yeming Wang,Xingwang Li,Lili Ren,Jianping Zhao,Yi Hu,Li Zhang,Guohui Fan,Jiuyang Xu,Xiaoying Gu,Zhenshun Cheng,Ting Yu,Jia'an Xia,Yuan Wei,Wenjuan Wu,Xuelei Xie,Wen Yin,Li Hui,Min Liu,Yan Xiao,Hong Gao,Li Guo,Jungang Xie,Guang-Fa Wang,Rongmeng Jiang,Zhancheng Gao,Qi Jin,Jianwei Wang,Bin Cao +28 more
TL;DR: The epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, and radiological characteristics and treatment and clinical outcomes of patients with laboratory-confirmed 2019-nCoV infection in Wuhan, China, were reported.
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Duration of hypotension before initiation of effective antimicrobial therapy is the critical determinant of survival in human septic shock.
Anand Kumar,Daniel Roberts,Kenneth E. Wood,Bruce Light,Joseph E. Parrillo,Satendra Sharma,Robert Suppes,Daniel Feinstein,Sergio Zanotti,Leo Taiberg,David A. Gurka,Aseem Kumar,Mary Cheang +12 more
TL;DR: Effective antimicrobial administration within the first hour of documented hypotension was associated with increased survival to hospital discharge in adult patients with septic shock.
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CDC/NHSN surveillance definition of health care-associated infection and criteria for specific types of infections in the acute care setting.
TL;DR: In this article, the NHSN criteria for all healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are presented, including those for the "Big Four" (surgical site infection [SSI], pneumonia [PNEU], bloodstream infection [BSI] and urinary tract infection [UTI]).
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Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections
Naomi P. O'Grady,Mary Alexander,Lillian A. Burns,E. Patchen Dellinger,Jeffrey Garland,Stephen O. Heard,Pamela A. Lipsett,Henry Masur,Leonard A. Mermel,Michele L. Pearson,Issam I Raad,Adrienne G. Randolph,Mark E. Rupp,Sanjay Saint +13 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed guidelines for healthcare personnel who insert intravascular catheters and for persons responsible for surveillance and control of infections in hospital, outpatient, and home healthcare settings.
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Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene
Didier Pittet,Stéphane Hugonnet,Stéphan Juergen Harbarth,Philippe Mourouga,V Sauvan,Sylvie Touveneau,Thomas V. Perneger +6 more
TL;DR: The campaign produced a sustained improvement in compliance with hand hygiene, coinciding with a reduction of nosocomial infections and MRSA transmission, and the promotion of bedside, antiseptic handrubs largely contributed to the increase in compliance.
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CDC definitions for nosocomial infections, 1988
TL;DR: The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) developed a new set of definitions for surveillance of nosocomial infections as mentioned in this paper, which combine specific clinical findings with results of laboratory and other tests that include recent advances in diagnostic technology.
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