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41. Middle Ear Infections: What to Expect and Treatment Options (pdf file)
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    May 29, 2025 - Middle Ear Infections: What to Expect and Treatment Options 1 Middle Ear Infections: What to … This vaccine has been a key player in the reduction of bacterial ear infections. … Diarrhea/vomiting (9) 5 Patient Ear Infection (5) Signs of an ear infection: … Cause ear infections 3. … Watchful waiting for ear infection safe for language acquisition.

42. Active Surveillance Culturing of Clostridioides difficile and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales, and Candida auris | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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43. Interventions to Improve Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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44. Skin Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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45. Viral Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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46. Rotavirus Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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47. Prevention in Adults of Transmission of Infection With Multidrug-Resistant Organisms | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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48. Version-3-Immunity-After-Covid-19-Appendix-Table-B-1 (xls file)
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    January 24, 2022 - Comorbidities, N (%) Assay Type Assay Brand Definition of a positive test Frequency of Ab testing Primary infections … Male Sex/Gender, N (%) Comorbidities, N (%) Assay Type Assay Brand Frequency of Ab testing Primary infections … infection requiring hospitalization) Primary infections, N (%) Total: 2747 Symptomatic: 2041 (74)* … against repeat infections was calculated as 1 minus the ratio of infection rate for the initially positive … The prevalence of infections classified as symptomatic or asymptomatic was compared for primary infections

49. C-Diff-Infections-Surveillance-140925 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2014 - Assessment of Clostridium difficile infections by quantitative detection of tcdB toxin by use of a … Impact of Chlorhexidine bathing on hospital-acquired infections among general medical patients. … Impact of chlorhexidine bathing on hospital-acquired infections among general medical patients. … taking concomitant antibiotics for other concurrent infections. … samples) difficile infections specificity, positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio,

50. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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    August 04, 2023 - What is the frequency and severity of harms associated with healthcare associated infections and asymptomatic … safety measures or indicators have been used to examine the harm associated with healthcare associated infections … In the United States, more than 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections occur each year and … patients for MRSA, CRE, C.auris, and C.difficile that focus on healthcare associated infections or … Strategies to prevent Clostridioides difficile infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 update.

51. Treating and Preventing C. difficile Infections (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2017 - Treating and Preventing C. difficile Infections Treating and Preventing C. difficile Infections A … This summary will answer these questions: � What is a C. difficile infection? … If C. difficile bacteria in your intestines grow out of control, they can cause an infection. … Antibiotics are a type of medicine that fight infections caused by bacteria. … There is a chance of bleeding or infection, but the risk is low.

52. Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 in Community and Healthcare Settings (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2021 - evidence about the use of facemasks and effects on risk of other respiratory infections, including … symptoms found no difference between an N95 versus surgical mask in risk of infections. … study evaluated masks’ effects on risk of infections with MERS-CoV (Appendix Table B-3). … Probable secondary infections in households of SARS patients in Hong Kong. … Probable secondary infections in households of SARS patients in Hong Kong.

53. Rapid Evidence Product: Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 in Community and Healthcare Settings Version 2 (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2021 - evidence about the use of facemasks and effects on risk of other respiratory infections, including … symptoms found no difference between an N95 versus surgical mask in risk of infections. … with SARS-CoV-2, 15 studies on risk of infection with SARS-CoV-1, and one study on risk of infections … Probable secondary infections in households of SARS patients in Hong Kong. … Probable secondary infections in households of SARS patients in Hong Kong.

54. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Response_Active Surveillance Culturing of Clostridioides difficile and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales, and Candida auris (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2024 - Interestingly, the risk of any S. aureus infection (including methicillin- sensitive infections) was … /prevention and control[majr] OR "healthcare acquired infection"[ti] OR "healthcare acquired infections … "[ti] OR "healthcare associated infection"[ti] OR "healthcare associated infections"[ti] OR "hospital … acquired infection"[ti] OR "hospital acquired infections"[ti] OR "hospital associated infection"[ti … "nosocomial infection"[ti] OR "nosocomial infections"[ti] OR "nosocomial outbreak"[ti] OR "nosocomial

55. Emergency Medical Service/911 Workforce Infection Control and Prevention Issues (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2015 - severity, missed work, healthcare utilization, separation from the workforce, disability, and death from infections … severity, missed work, healthcare utilization, separation from the workforce, disability, and death from infections … Conceptual framework for infection prevention and control in EMS/911 workforce (IPC = infection … Missed work • Healthcare utilization • Separation from the workforce • Disability • Death from infections … EMS provider compliance with infection control recommendations is suboptimal.

56. Hepatitis-C-Screening Executive (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2012 - more than 90 percent in older studies of older injection drug users.16-22 About 60 percent of new infections … age at infection, longer duration of infection, male sex, concomitant HIV or hepatitis B virus (HBV … , counseling against risky behaviors, and immunization for other hepatitis infections. … Viral Infections in short-term injection drug users: The prevalence of the hepatitis C, hepatitis B, … The risk of transfusion-transmitted viral infections. The Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study.

57. Dispostion of Comments Report for Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults (pdf file)
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    November 27, 2012 - Washington, D.C.: Committee on the prevention and control of viral hepatitis infections; Institute of … Viral infections in short-term injection drug users: the prevalence of the hepatitis C, hepatitis B, … Mitchell, Editors; Committee on the Prevention and Control of Viral Hepatitis Infections; Institute … Hev infections have declined over the last two decades, at least three million Americans are chronically … described in the Results (KQ 2b), are quite low (though the more targeted the strategy, the more infections

58. Masks-Surveillance-2-Appendix-Table-A-2 (xls file)
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    March 01, 2020 - Geographic Setting Setting Inclusion Criteria Sample Size Age (mean, years) Female (%) Definition of Infection … Proportion (%) of Healthcare Workers With Infections Results: Mask Use Versus Nonuse Results: Comparison … 74% 18–59 years, 26% ≥60 years Not reported for family contacts Among index cases, 51% SARS-CoV-2 infection … reported Not reported Not reported Potential recall bias SARS-CoV-1 Lau J et al. 2004 Probable secondary infections … of household member Controls: SARS cases with no secondary infection of household member 131 cases and

59. Masks-Appendix-Table-B-2-Surveillance-Report (xls file)
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    March 01, 2020 - Geographic Setting Setting Inclusion Criteria Sample Size Age (mean, years) Female (%) Definition of Infection … Proportion (%) of Healthcare Workers With Infections Results: Mask Use Versus Nonuse Results: Comparison … 74% 18–59 years, 26% ≥60 years Not reported for family contacts Among index cases, 51% SARS-CoV-2 infection … reported Not reported Not reported Potential recall bias SARS-CoV-1 Lau J et al. 2004 Probable secondary infections … of household member Controls: SARS cases with no secondary infection of household member 131 cases and

60. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2023 - or events (VAP/VAE) o Surgical site infection (SSI) o COVID-19 infection o Tuberculosis infection … Identifying Healthcare-associated Infections (HAI) for NHSN Surveillance. January 2023. … Global Strategy on Infection Prevention and Control. … Clostridioides difficilea Infection. … Infections Due to Other Multidrug-Resistant Organisms.