Sentences with phrase «infection control efforts»

Consideration should be given to expanding hospital infection control efforts targeting MRSA to include MSSA as well.

Study authors suggest that breaking the cycle of transmission of drug - resistant TB requires a greater focus on infection control efforts — while also maintaining global programs to quickly detect and effectively treat all people with TB.

Not exact matches

According to the guidance document, during a crisis the epidemiologist provides medical and technical expertise and leads infection prevention and control efforts, coordinates with institutional stakeholders, and provides input into internal and external communications.

Despite ongoing efforts by U.V.A. and a handful of other U.S. hospitals to identify and isolate colonized patients, MRSA raced through the health care system virtually unchecked because most facilities lacked effective infection - control programs.

Because there is no vaccine for humans, efforts to curb the disease's spread focus on controlling mosquitoes and their infection rates.

The guidance is part of the Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare - Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Updates produced in a collaborative effort led by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the American Hospital Association, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, and The Joint Commission.

Precarious progress The sharp drop in the overall number of Ebola cases is a testament to the control efforts by the governments of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone; the belated arrival of massive international assistance last autumn; and local populations who changed behaviours and practices to better control infection and spread (see «Cases by country»).

Reportedly, the Spanish patient's pet dog will be euthanized as part of the effort to control spread of the infection, although evidence of Ebola transmission via dogs is not clear.

The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health's Project Accept — a trial conducted by the HIV Prevention Trials Network to test a combination of social, behavioral and structural HIV - prevention interventions — demonstrated that a series of community efforts boosted the number of people tested for HIV and resulted in a 14 percent reduction in new HIV infections, compared with control communities.

The WHO, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and professional societies have recommended targeted testing and treatment of high - risk individuals with latent TB infection as part of an effort to eliminate TB in the United States.

The identification of diagnostic tests or biomarkers that predict progression to active TB disease would greatly enhance TB control efforts in the United States and globally and allow physicians and public health officials to focus efforts on treatment of latent TB infection of those at greatest risk of progression to active, transmissible and potentially fatal disease.

Applying the principles of infection control brought the epidemic under control but a concern for reemergence naturally or a deliberate release supported continuation of a vaccine development effort so as to have the knowledge and capability necessary for preparing and using an effective vaccine should a need arise.

Early efforts centered on defining how HIV - specific CD4 + T cells contribute to control of viral infection.

The CDC issued the travel advisory because more Zika infections have been identified in humans and because mosquito - control efforts in Wynwood have so far proven ineffective, Frieden said.

Some bacteria species (most notably, MRSA) have even acquired resistance to several different drugs, complicating efforts to control and treat infections as they spread.

Regarding HIV / AIDS, although we can not say that we have the disease under control, we can ensure that the international effort is bearing fruit, and the number of infections is falling all over the world.

While no specific drug is available that will kill the virus in infected dogs, treatment consists primarily of efforts to combat dehydration by replacing electrolyte and fluid losses, controlling vomiting and diarrhea, and preventing secondary infections until the dog's immune system is able to fight the virus.

A track record of investigating complaints involving fire, environmental and sanitation issues and educating the public in fire safety, infection control and food handling and sanitation efforts, as a licensed New York State Health and Safety Surveyor.