At a Glance A novel type of vaccine designed to stimulate the innate immune system provided…
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Healthcare-associated infections | Nuffield Trust
Healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) are infections that patients get while receiving medical or surgical treatment, or from…
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Patient safety
Overview “First, do no harm” is the most fundamental principle of any health care service. No…
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Strict pandemic-related IPC interventions reduced healthcare-associated infection rates, study shows
A new study conducted by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center suggests…
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Evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on hospital-acquired infections in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia | BMC Infectious Diseases
Haque M, Sartelli M, McKimm J, Abu BM. Health-care associated infections—An overview. Infect Drug Resist. 2018;15:2321–33.…
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Selective digestive tract decontamination to prevent healthcare associated infections in critically ill children: the PICNIC multicentre randomised pilot clinical trial
Patient characteristics for the pilot cRCT Enrolment across the baseline, intervention and ecology study periods are…
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