Programs of disease surveillance, generally within health care facilities, designed to investigate, prevent, and control the spread of infections and their causative microorganisms.
Synonyms: Control, Infection, Infection Control
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use INFECTION CONTROL to search INFECTION/prevention & control 1966-91 ,differentiate from COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL which tends to be on a large geographic, demographic or social level (e.g., city, underprivileged, elementary school, prisons) while INFECTION CONTROL tends to be restricted within health care facilities ,92; was INFECTION/prevention & control 1966-91
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