Infection Control Practitioners
"Infection Control Practitioners" 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.
Physicians or other qualified individuals responsible for implementing and overseeing the policies and procedures followed by a health care facility to reduce the risk of infection to patients and staff.
| Descriptor ID |
D016357
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.526.485.490 N02.360.490
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| Concept/Terms |
Infection Control Practitioners- Infection Control Practitioners
- Practitioners, Infection Control
- Infection Control Practitioner
- Practitioner, Infection Control
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Infection Control Practitioners" by people in Profiles.
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Zoutman DE, Ford BD, Gauthier J. A cross-Canada survey of infection prevention and control in long-term care facilities. Am J Infect Control. 2009 Jun; 37(5):358-363.
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Zoutman DE, Ford BD. A comparison of infection control program resources, activities, and antibiotic resistant organism rates in Canadian acute care hospitals in 1999 and 2005: pre- and post-severe acute respiratory syndrome. Am J Infect Control. 2008 Dec; 36(10):711-7.