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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Infection Control
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Control de Infecciones
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Controle de Infecções
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Synonyms English:
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Control, Infection
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Tree Number:
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N06.850.780.200.450
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Definition English:
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Programs of disease surveillance, generally within health care facilities, designed to investigate, prevent, and control the spread of infections and their causative microorganisms. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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differentiate from COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL which tends to be on a large geog, demog or social level (e.g., city, underprivileged, elementary school, prison) while INFECTION CONTROL tends to be restricted within hosp or other health care facilities; if in doubt, use term of author; DF: INFECT CONTROL
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History Note English:
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92; was INFECTION/prevention & control 1966-91
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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30037
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Unique Identifier:
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D017053
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Similar:
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DeCS
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