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101. 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

102. 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

103. Environmental, Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Hospital Resources to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2024 - Environmental, Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Hospital Resources to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections … Environmental, Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Hospital Resources to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections … devices and items used only once are often promoted as a means to reduce the risk of hospital-acquired infections … Publication type English language For primary interest interventions (devices/items used to prevent infections … Advantages of single-use instruments for infection prevention and control .

104. Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Home Evidence Reports Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus Infection … SHARE: Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus Infection … In patients with genotype 2 or 3 infection, trials found dual therapy with pegylated interferon for 12 … Comparative effectiveness of antiviral treatment for hepatitis C virus infection in adults: a systematic … Project Timeline Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults Feb 14, 2011

105. 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.

106. 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

107. Future Research Needs for Prevention and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Reports Future Research Needs for Prevention and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection … Future Research Needs for Prevention and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection … Excerpt Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a serious healthcare-associated infection and a growing … because polymerase chain reaction testing is rapidly becoming the standard diagnostic test for the infection … Project Timeline Future Research Needs for Prevention and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection

108. Aplastic Anemia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     pesticides, arsenic, and benzene Radiation therapy and chemotherapy for cancer Certain medicines Infections … You may also have frequent infections and bleeding .

109. 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

110. Tonsillectomy Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     February 10, 2016 - Protocol   Project Title: Tonsillectomy for Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing or Recurrent Throat Infection …  as  complications  of  recurrent   throat  infections.   …   -­Number  of  throat  infections/year   -­Severity  of  throat  infections     -­Number  of  streptococcal …   -­Number  of  throat  infections/year   -­Severity  of  throat  infections     -­Number  of  streptococcal …   -­Number  of  throat  infections/year   -­Severity  of  throat  infections     -­Number  of  streptococcal

111. Mrsa-Screening-2010 Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - MRSA emerged as an important cause of healthcare-associated infections, particularly central line–associated … Although not all studies concur, a number of analyses suggest that MRSA infections are associated with … Future treatment options for Gram- positive infections--looking ahead. … Health care-associated invasive MRSA infections, 2005-2008. JAMA. 2010 Aug 11;304(6):641-8. … Veterans Affairs initiative to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.

112. Effectiveness and Safety of Bronchial Thermoplasty in Management of Asthma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2019 - BT causes more adverse events (such as worsening of asthma symptoms, respiratory infections, and coughing … care alone or sham bronchoscopy during the 12-week treatment period, as were upper respiratory tract infections … , wheezing, dyspnea, lower respiratory tract infections, anxiety, and segmental atelectasis, but the … adverse events (including post-procedure segmental atelectasis due to mucus plugging, hemoptysis, chest infections

113. Parasitic Diseases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 03, 2016 - Contaminated water supplies can lead to Giardia infections . … Some medicines are available to treat parasitic infections.

114. Burns | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     They also can lead to infections because they damage your skin's protective barrier. … Antibiotic creams can prevent or treat infections.

115. Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA): Future Research Needs | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - MRSA emerged as an important cause of health care-acquired infections, particularly central line-associated … bloodstream infection, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and surgical site infection. … Despite the adoption of infection control measures, the incidence of MRSA infection at most hospitals … (ICU), patients admitted for a surgical procedure, or patients at high-risk of MRSA colonization or infection … Environmental, Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Hospital Resources to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections

116. ECRI_Penn EPC FINAL Environ Cleaning Protocol 08_21_14 CC[1] (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - Brief Protocol Project Title: Environmental Cleaning for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections … Copper surfaces in the intensive care unit for preventing hospital-acquired infections. … " next/1 (infection* OR pathogen*)) OR ("healthcare associated" next/1 (infection* OR pathogen*)) OR … ("hospital associated" next/1 (infection* OR pathogen*)) (HAI OR HAIS OR HAP OR HAPS):ti 2 Infection … ) S2 AND (S3 OR S4) 6 Combine sets (infections and surfaces) S4 AND (contaminat* OR infection

117. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Final Report on Prioritization of Patient Safety Practices for a New Rapid Review or Rapid Response | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2024 - found in the OIG report (i.e., medication errors, pressure ulcers, surgical procedural errors, and infections … difficile and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Surveillance Testing Infection Control: Infections due … Practices To Improve Handwashing Compliance Infection Control: Urinary Tract Infection Prevention of … Nosocomial Urinary Tract Infections Opioid Safety and Pain Management Medication-Assisted Treatment … Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on central-line–associated bloodstream infections during the early months

118. Infectious Disease Including HIV/AIDS #09 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - *Antimicrobial copper surfaces in the ICU for prevention of hospital acquired infections High 2. … Unlike infections with HIV and hepatitis B virus, chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is … The unmet need to reduce these infections is significant because current infection control practices … Adult hospital stays with infections due to medical care, 2007 [statistical brief #94]. … Estimating health care-associated infections and deaths in U.S. hospitals, 2002.

119. Pinworms | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     The infection is more common in children. Many people have no symptoms at all. … Your health care provider can diagnose pinworm infection by finding the eggs. … Mild infections may not need treatment.

120. Infectious Disease Including HIV/AIDS #09 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2013 - *Copper surfaces in the ICU for prevention of hospital acquired infections 4. …  Potential for High Impact: Moderately high Healthcare-Acquired and Bacterial Infections Expert … difficile infections (CDIs), with costs estimated to be from $431 million to $3 billion annually. … Unlike infections with HIV and hepatitis B virus, chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is considered … There remains a significant unmet need to reduce these infections because current infection control