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61. 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.

62. 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.

63. 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.

64. Tonsillectomy for Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing or Recurrent Throat Infection in Children | Effective Health Care Program
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    December 03, 2015 - Tonsillectomy for Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing or Recurrent Throat Infection in Children … December 03, 2015 Research Protocol Archived Tonsillectomy for Recurrent Infection … Archived Tonsillectomy for Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing or Recurrent Throat Infection

65. 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.

66. Immunity After COVID-19 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 10, 2020 - What are the unintended consequences of antibody testing after SARS-CoV-2 infection? Table 1. … KQ2-3: Adults with documented COVID-19 infection compared with a concurrent control group. … We decided to expand our criteria to include studies of populations where index infections were determined … by PCR or serologic testing to be more representative of potential asymptomatic primary infections in … to August 04, 2020 Date searched: August 5, 2020 1 exp Coronavirus/ (24702) 2 exp Coronavirus Infections

67. Effective Health Care Program
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    April 15, 2013 - Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults: Future Research Needs Systematic Review

68. FRN 40 - Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2013 - prevention strategies) to prevent infections. … Future treatment options for Gram-positive infections-- looking ahead. … Sustained reduction in MRSA wound infections after cardiothoracic surgery. … • Community-acquired infections should also be considered. … Preventing surgical-site infections in nasal carriers of Staphylococcus aureus.

69. 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

70. 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

71. Environmental Cleaning for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 10, 2015 - Disposition of Comments Report Environmental Cleaning for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections … cleaning of hard surfaces in hospital rooms is essential for reducing the risk of healthcare-associated infections … The outcome of surface contamination was reported in 57 studies; infection rates were reported in 25. … Patient colonization and infection rates should be included as outcomes when possible. … Cleaning Hospital Room Surfaces to Prevent Health Care–Associated Infections: A Technical Brief.

72. Infectious Disease Including HIV/AIDS #09 (pdf file)
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    January 28, 2016 - Eravacycline for treatment of complicated bacterial infections No high-impact potential at this time … of any genotype, including hard-to-treat infections. … In the PEARL-III and PEARL-IV trials, treatment-naïve patients with HCV genotype 1a and 1b infections … Recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus-based vaccines against Ebola and Marburg virus infections. … San Francisco (CA): Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI); 2015 Feb 23

73. Appendix-Table-B-1-Observational-Studies (xls file)
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    March 20, 2021 - Reinfection Followup Test Type Frequency of Followup Testing Waiting Interval, in Months Primary Infections … Negative Cohort Included in Analysis n Suspected Reinfections N Positive Cohort With no Reinfection N Infections … in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Staff of Oxford Univerity Hospitals, whose data was obtained from the Infections … : 47 (9–98) NR NR NR NR CLIA Abbott SARS-CoV-2 IgG NR explicitly, but authors began recording new infections … NR NR NR NR Patients in the positive cohort with PCR+ test during both the first and second wave of infections

74. 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

75. Clostridium Difficile Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 05, 2018 - Use of a Clinical Pathway To Facilitate the Translation and Utilization of AHRQ EPC Report Findings Research Report December 5, 2018 Translation of a C. difficile Treatment Clinical Pathway Into Machine-Readable Clinical Decision Support Artifacts Prototyped for Electronic Health Record Integrat…

76. Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection | Effective Health Care Program
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    May 24, 2010 - Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection … Research Protocol Archived Effectiveness of Screening and Treatment of C. difficile Infections … Archived Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection

77. Effectiveness of Screening and Treatment of C. difficile Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 24, 2010 - Report Sep. 25, 2014 Surveillance Report Effectiveness of Screening and Treatment of C. difficile Infections … The hypervirulent strain accounts for 51 percent of C. difficile infections, compared to only 17 percent … Treatment for relapsed or recurrent C. difficile infections, however, is much more problematic. … Unfortunately, protocols for targeted hospital acquired infections are not always congruent. … Strategies to prevent clostridium difficile infections in acute care hospitals.

78. QR Medica Web Site (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2013 - Severe or intense (Acute) symptoms of infection 2. … Fluid with no sign of infection (Otitis Media with Effusion) Note: Not all ear pain indicates infection … For Clinicians: Middle Ear Infection: Diagnosis For Clinicians: Middle Ear Infection: Diagnosis (continued … ) For Clinicians: Middle Ear Infection: Treatment For Clinicians: Middle Ear Infection: Treatment ( … For Patients and Guardians: Middle Ear Infection For Patients and Guardians: Middle Ear Infection

79. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    August 26, 2011 - The focus will first be on bloodstream infections and then on catheter-associated urinary tract infections …  For SSI: If the study reported infection rates, was surveillance for infections performed after … Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs). … terms Surgical wound infection[mh] OR surgical site infection*[tiab] OR postoperative infection*[ti … ] OR postsurgical infection*[ti] OR wound infection*[ti] OR sternal wound infection*[tiab] OR postoperative

80. Effective Health Care Program
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    April 02, 2014 - Reflux Disease Systematic Review Archived December 13, 2005 Clostridium difficile Infection