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141. EMS/911 Workforce Infection Control | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 15, 2021 - EMS/911 Workforce Infection Control Timeline September 15, 2021 Topic Initiated … September 15, 2021 Overview EMS/911 Workforce Infection Control

142. FRN 29: Future Research Needs on Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2014 - infection; 2. … Management of the pediatric patient with suspected bone/joint infections 8. … Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic stewardship in lower respiratory tract infections. … infection? … Management of the pediatric patient with bone/joint infections suspected 0 0 10.

143. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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     May 24, 2010 - Systematic Review Protocol Project Title: 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.

144. Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults: Future Research Needs Future Research Needs Paper … Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults: Future Research Needs. … About 78 percent of patients with acute HCV infection develop chronic HCV infection, defined by the … Treatment of patients with HCV infection with or without liver biopsy. … Ongoing Clinical Trials of Interventions for Hepatitis C Infection

145. 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.

146. Febrile-Infants-Diagnosis-Management Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - Some studies have also included pneumonia, bone and joint infections, skin and soft tissue infections … Serious bacterial infections in febrile infants 1 to 90 days old with and without viral infections. … Prevalence of serious bacterial infections in febrile infants with respiratory syncytial virus infection … Risk of serious bacterial infection in young febrile infants with respiratory syncytial virus infections … Influenza virus infection and the risk of serious bacterial infections in young febrile infants.

147. Cluster Randomized Trial of Hospitals to Assess Impact of Targeted Versus Universal Strategies to Reduce Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Intensive Care Units | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 15, 2009 - solid evidence base to guide policy and practice regarding prevention of healthcare associated MRSA infection … Study outcomes will consist of an evaluation of routinely reported central line associated blood stream infections … of trial impact on monthly nosocomial rates of MRSA and all-pathogen bacteremias and urinary tract infections

148. 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.

149. EMS/911 Workforce Infection Control | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 15, 2021 - EMS/911 Workforce Infection Control Overview September 15, 2021 The Evidence-based … Practice Center Program is starting an evidence report on EMS/911 Workforce Infection Control.

150. Tympanostomy Tubes in Children with Otitis Media | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 05, 2017 - harms of tympanostomy tube (TT) surgery in children with persistent middle ear fluid or recurrent ear infections … Children with recurrent acute ear infections may have fewer episodes after surgery, but more research

151. Disposition of Comments for Screening of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - , interventions to reduce surgical site infections) may also reduce MRSA surgical site infections. … surgical site infection).” … nosocomial MRSA infections, these infections did not result from acquisition of the organism in the … More specifically, if MRSA infection is affecting a large number of patients and the resultant infections … affects a large number of patients, the resultant infections are severe, and other infection control

152. 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

153. Masks-Appendix-Table-B-2-Version-2 (xls file)
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     January 01, 2007 - 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 … al 2007 SARS transmission in Vietnam outside of the health-care setting 13-Apr-20 Epidemiology and Infection … model Not reported Not reported Not reported Potential recall bias Lau J et al 2004 Probable secondary infections … of household member Controls: SARS cases with no secondary infection of household member 131 cases and

154. Summary Report Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAI). … infections. … Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections. … Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections. … Moving toward elimination of healthcare- associated infections: a call to action.

155. Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures for Guiding Antibiotic Treatment for Nosocomial Pneumonia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 19, 2013 - setting, it accounts for up to 25 percent of all infections and for more than 50 percent of the antibiotics … Cases of infections caused by Gram-positive cocci, including Staphylococcus aureus , are becoming more … review by Franzetti and colleagues 25 (undertaken on behalf of the Italian Study Group on Serious Infections … Inadequate antimicrobial treatment of infections: a risk factor for hospital mortality among critically … vancomycin and other antimicrobials in patients with Staphylococcus aureus lower respiratory tract infections

156. Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - infections' Suggestion adopted. … controversial, this is becoming less so with more evidence suggesting an increased risk of enteric infections … controversial, this is becoming less so with more evidence suggesting an increased risk of enteric infections … 43: ‘There are a number of important questions to be addressed regarding: (1) how to control, both infections … Also infections are also part of outbreaks. Reword sentence Sentence has been reworded.

157. Mrsa-Screening-2010 Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - bloodstream infection, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and surgical site infection. … A number of analyses suggest that MRSA infections are associated with increased mortality and cost … Future treatment options for Gram-positive infections—looking ahead. … A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare- associated infections in acute care hospitals. … Preventing surgical-site infections in nasal carriers of Staphylococcus aureus.

158. Appendix Table B-2. Observational Studies of Masks in the Community (xls file)
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     January 01, 2007 - 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 … al 2007 SARS transmission in Vietnam outside of the health-care setting 13-Apr-20 Epidemiology and Infection … model Not reported Not reported Not reported Potential recall bias Lau J et al 2004 Probable secondary infections … of household member Controls: SARS cases with no secondary infection of household member 131 cases and

159. Comparative Effectiveness of Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 02, 2011 - bloodstream infection, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and surgical site infection. … A number of analyses suggest that MRSA infections are associated with increased mortality and cost of … often manifests in characteristic clinical patterns—including aggressive skin and soft tissue infections … A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals. … Preventing surgical-site infections in nasal carriers of Staphylococcus aureus .

160. 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