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321. Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: The Common Cold (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2022 - Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: The Common Cold Diagnosis • Upper respiratory tract … infections or “the common cold” are caused by viruses and present with symptoms such as rhinorrhea, … • The color of nasal discharge does not differentiate a viral infection from a bacterial one. … Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (“the Common Cold”) Upper Respiratory Tract Infection AHRQ … Protective effect of antibiotics against serious complications of common respiratory tract infections

322. Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: The Common Cold (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2022 - Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: The Common Cold Diagnosis • Upper respiratory tract … infections or “the common cold” are caused by viruses and present with symptoms such as rhinorrhea, … • The color of nasal discharge does not differentiate a viral infection from a bacterial one. … Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (“the Common Cold”) Upper Respiratory Tract Infection AHRQ … Protective effect of antibiotics against serious complications of common respiratory tract infections

323. Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2023 - effectively prevent the spread of COVID-19, they need information about a variety of topics related to infection … Infection Control & Prevention Best Practices Guide for COVID-19 Infection Control and Prevention … in Nursing Homes  (PDF, 1 MB) This resource addresses infection control and prevention in nursing homes … resource provides nursing home leaders and infection preventionists with an outline of the critical … Observational Audits: A Pathway to Improving Infection Prevention and Preventing the Spread of COVID-

324. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2016 - Syphilis infection and HIV infection often occur together. … Screening may suggest that the infection is present when there is no infection. … infection. … HIV) Screening for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections … http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/UpdateSummaryFinal/sexually-transmitted-infections-behavioral-counseling1

325. Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection In Adults (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - Since then, the risk of infection from donated blood has become very, very low. … in persons at high risk for infection. … This group is at higher risk of infection than people born before or after. … in Adults Should You Be Screened for Hepatitis C Infection? … at high risk for hepatitis C infection be screened for the infection.

326. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     June 11, 2014 - Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Clinical Summary of … (including those at high risk who were vaccinated before being screened for HBV infection). … Recommendation Screen persons at high risk for HBV infection. … at high risk for infection has moderate net benefit. … in pregnant women and screening for hepatitis C virus infection in adults.

327. Antibiotic-Time-Out-Tool (doc file)
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     November 01, 2019 - pneumonia ☐ Ventilator-associated pneumonia ☐ Clostridioides difficile infection ☐ Biliary tract infection … ☐ Diverticulitis ☐ Intra-abdominal infection ☐ Urinary tract infection (UTI) ☐ Osteoarticular infection … with ciprofloxacin 400/500 mg twice-daily for 10 days for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections … Once daily, extended release ciprofloxacin for complicated urinary tract infections and acute uncomplicated … Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update

328. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Chlamydial Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 15, 2007 - (CDC), and an estimated 2 million new cases go unreported each year. 1 , 2 Although 75% of genital infections … Sexually transmitted infections increase both the infectivity of persons with HIV infection and the susceptibility … Screening tests to detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections—2002. … The epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections in adolescents. … Prevalence of chlamydial and gonococcal infections among young adults in the United States.

329. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Chlamydial Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 15, 2007 - (CDC), and an estimated 2 million new cases go unreported each year. 1 , 2 Although 75% of genital infections … Sexually transmitted infections increase both the infectivity of persons with HIV infection and the susceptibility … Screening tests to detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections—2002. … The epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections in adolescents. … Prevalence of chlamydial and gonococcal infections among young adults in the United States.

330. Appendix A, Pt. 3 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Conclusions A total of 607 procedures were studied, with 67 infections. … Results There were 53 infections in 4240 procedures. … There were 10 infections, an incidence of 0.54%. … Staphylococcus aureus in pure or mixed culture accounted for 50% of the infections. … 14 surgical wound infections grew positive cultures; 80% of them were polymicrobial.

331. Exhibit 12. Data for Algorithm | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Determining Surgical Site Infection Rates Chapter 3. … Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections Chapter 4. … Infection Prevention Support Tool Appendix S. … Surgical Infection Society Abstract Appendix U. … deep surgical site infection integer [0,1] 0 if routine surveillance found no infection; 1 for +

332. A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - Infections and Infection Prevention in Long-Term Care      Infections in Long-Term Care      Infection … The guide covers four key areas: An overview of infections and infection prevention in LTC facilities … Infections and Infection Prevention in Long-Term Care Infections in Long-Term Care Key Messages … Many infections can be prevented with basic infection prevention and control steps, such as hand hygiene … infection) Some viral infections (such as influenza) It is important to use droplet precautions

333. Archived: Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 08, 2004 - against routine screening for HCV infection in adults at high risk for infection. … 20 to 30 years after infection. … infection; and presence of comorbid conditions, such as alcohol misuse, HIV infection, or other chronic … The risk of transfusion-transmitted viral infections. The Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study. … Incidence of hepatitis C virus infection among injection drug users during an outbreak of HIV infection

334. Infection Prevention Compendium For Long-Term Care Facilities. | PSNet
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     November 08, 2017 - Tools/Toolkit Infection Prevention Compendium For Long-Term Care Facilities. … Citation Text: Infection Prevention Compendium For Long-Term Care Facilities. … Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) challenge safety in long-term care . … July 15, 2020 The preventable proportion of healthcare-associated infections 2005-2016 … Facility and Group Administrators Quality and Safety Professionals Geriatrics Nosocomial Infections

335. Environmental Safety in the OR | PSNet
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     May 19, 2015 - Infection control programs perform surveillance to benchmark infection rates against past rates at a … infection control team. … National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System. … Hospital-onset infections: a patient safety issue. … Postoperative Serratia marcescens wound infections traced to an out-of-hospital source.

336. Healthcare-Associated Infections. | PSNet
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     January 10, 2018 - Special or Theme Issue Healthcare-Associated Infections. … Citation Text: Healthcare-Associated Infections. Healthc Pap. 2009;9(3):1-62. … URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Healthcare-Associated Infections … November 5, 2014 Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections: Results and Lessons Learned … on the relationship between hand hygiene interventions and the incidence of health care-associated infections

337. In Conversation With… Alison Holmes, MD, MPH | PSNet
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     March 01, 2014 - People are much more concerned about health care–associated infections than whether the surgeon will … But not for people coming in with viral upper respiratory tract infections. … Healthcare-Associated Infections in Hospitals. … Healthcare-Associated Infections in Hospitals. … National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care–Associated Infections: Roadmap to Elimination.

338. Archived: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 20, 2016 - Unlike other infections for which screening is recommended, HSV infection may not have a long asymptomatic … Since HSV-1 can cause both oral and genital herpes infections, and oral herpes infection is very common … Genital HSV infections. http://www.cdc.gov/std/tg2015/herpes.htm . 2015. … Genital herpes infections. In: Zenilman JM, Shahmahnesh M, eds. … Sexually Transmitted Infections: Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment .

339. Appendix A, Pt. 2 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Results 37 infections for 11,333 patients, leading to an SSI rate of 0.33%. … Infection control programs have been shown to reduce nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections by 32- … Infections resulted in <90° of motion in 18 of the 95 cases Once an infection is suspected, immediate … (5.6%)–3 (1.7%) superficial and 7 (3.9%) organ-space infections. … , and nosocomial infection.

340. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2014 - Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults Understanding Task … Facts About Hepatitis B Infection Hepatitis B infection is not very common in the overall U.S. population … Screening and Treatment for Hepatitis B Infection Screening for chronic hepatitis B infection involves … B virus infection. … high risk for hepatitis B infection be screened for the infection.