Infection prevention and control
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infection-prevention-and-control-182-14482097
title:
Infection prevention and control
text:
Infection prevention and control is the discipline concerned with preventing healthcare-associated infections; a practical rather than academic sub-discipline of epidemiology. In Northern Europe, infection prevention and control is expanded from healthcare into a component in public health, known as "infection protection". It is an essential part of the infrastructure of health care. Infection control and hospital epidemiology are akin to public health practice, practiced within the confines of
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Medical discipline for preventing nosocomial or healthcare-associated infection
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infection_prevention_and_control
date created:
2005-12-05T19:30:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T15:48:43Z
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