scholarly journals Contemporary Perspectives on Risk Perceptions, Health-Protective Behaviors, and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine Vaughan
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Emerging Infectious Diseases ◽  
Protective Behaviors ◽  
And Control

Manual of Infection Prevention and Control

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nizam Damani
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Emerging Infectious Diseases ◽  
Surgical Site Infections ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Antimicrobial Activities ◽  
Cross Infection ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
And Control

The Manual of Infection Prevention and Control provides practical guidance on all aspects of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). It outlines the basic concepts of infection prevention and control (IPC), modes of transmission, surveillance, control of outbreaks, epidemiology, and biostatistics. The book provides up-to-date advice on the triage and isolation of patients and on new and emerging infectious diseases, and with the use of illustrations, it provides a step-by-step approach on how to perform hand hygiene and how to don and take off personal protective equipment correctly. In addition, this section also outlines how to minimize cross-infection by healthcare building design and prevent the transmission of various infectious diseases from infected patients after death. The disinfection and sterilization section reviews how to risk assess, disinfect and/or sterilize medical items and equipment, antimicrobial activities, and the use of various chemical disinfectants and antiseptics, and how to decontaminate endoscopes. The section on the prevention of HAIs reviews and updates IPC guidance on the prevention of the most common HAIs, i.e. surgical site infections, infections associated with intravascular and urinary catheters, and hospital- and ventilator-acquired pneumonias. In view of the global emergence of antimicrobial resistance to the various pathogens, the book examines and provides practical advice on how to implement an antibiotic stewardship programme and prevent cross-infection against various multi-drug resistant pathogens. Amongst other pathogens, the book also reviews IPC precautions against various haemorrhagic and bloodborne viral infections. The section on support services discusses the protection of healthcare workers, kitchen, environmental cleaning, catering, laundry services, and clinical waste disposal services.

Public health professionals’ perceptions of the capacity of China’s CDCs to address emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Xiaoliang Tong ◽  
Alana Hansen ◽  
Scott Hanson-Easey ◽  
Jianjun Xiang ◽  
Scott Cameron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Emerging Infectious Diseases ◽  
Public Health Professionals ◽  
International Collaborations ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
And Control

AbstractBackgroundChina’s capacity to control and prevent emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases is critical to the nation’s population health. This study aimed to explore the capacity of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCs) in China to deal with infectious diseases now and in the future.MethodsA survey was conducted in 2015 among 973 public health professionals at CDCs in Beijing and four provinces, to assess their capacity to deal with emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.ResultsAlthough most professionals were confident with the current capacity of CDCs to cope with outbreaks, nearly all indicated more funding was required to meet future challenges. Responses indicated that Yunnan Province faced more challenges than Anhui, Henan and Liaoning Provinces in being completely prepared and able to deal with outbreaks. Participants aged 20–39 years were more likely than those aged 40 and over to believe strategies such as interdisciplinary and international collaborations for disease surveillance and control, would assist capacity building.ConclusionThe capacity of China’s CDCs to deal with infectious diseases was excellent. However, findings suggest it is imperative to increase the number of skilled CDC staff, financial support, and strengthen county level staff training and health education programs.

scholarly journals Roles of Infection Prevention and Control Nurses (IPCNs) in Preparing for Emerging Infectious Diseases

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Erna Tsalatsatul Fitriyah ◽  
Meidiana Dwidiyanti ◽  
Luky Dwiantoro
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Emerging Infectious Diseases ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Hospital Environment ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
And Control

Background: Infectious diseases have become one of the world’s serious problems including in Indonesia. Infectious diseases can originate from the community and hospital environment. Health workers performing inappropriate medical procedures could also be a cause of transmission of infectious diseases. Infection prevention and control nurses (IPCNs) as the pioneers of prevention and infection control in hospitals have not optimally played their roles.   Purpose: This study aimed to explore the roles of IPCNs and their constraints in preparing for emerging infectious diseases. Methods: The present study employed a qualitative design with the hermeneutic phenomenological approach. The samples were seven IPCNs for the primary participants, and two Infection Prevention and Control Officers (IPCOs) and 13 Infection Prevention and Control Link Nurses (IPCLNs) as the triangulation participants. The data were collected using in-depth semi-structured interviews analyzed using a content analysis technique.   Results: The results identified two themes: (1) IPCNs played roles as clinical practitioners, activity coordinators, administrators, and educators, and (2) the roles of IPCNs had not been optimal due to the lack of support from the hospital management, insufficient infrastructure, weak monitoring and evaluation, and the unavailability of appropriate rewards and  punishment.Conclusion: The majority of participants in this study agreed that IPCNs had tried well to play their roles. However, various obstacles were encountered, which hindered the IPCNs in performing their roles.

Practical aspects of prevention and control

2019 ◽  
pp. 143-232
Author(s):  
Nizam Damani
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Emerging Infectious Diseases ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Multidrug Resistant ◽  
Alphabetical Order ◽  
Practical Advice ◽  
Modes Of Transmission ◽  
Operating Theatres ◽  
And Control

The chapter examines various types of isolation precautions and provides practical advice on infection prevention and control (IPC) measures to be taken on isolation of patients of new and emerging infectious diseases. In an alphabetical order, it lists IPC precautions, modes of transmission of infections, incubation periods, periods of infectivity, and the duration of isolation for various infectious diseases and multidrug- resistant microorganisms (MDROs). The well-illustrated chapters explain how to properly don and take off various types of personal protective equipment. It reviews the most up-to-date information on the various aspects of hand hygiene, including hand washing and proper use of alcohol-based hand rub products. Practical advice is also given on injection safety, how to prevent transmission of infection after death and prevention of infection by healthcare building design which also includes ventilation of operating theatres.

scholarly journals The Applications of Nanopore Sequencing Technology in Pathogenic Microorganism Detection

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Xiaojian Zhu ◽  
Shanshan Yan ◽  
Fenghua Yuan ◽  
Shaogui Wan
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Clinical Microbiology ◽  
Emerging Infectious Diseases ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Nanopore Sequencing ◽  
Pathogenic Microorganism ◽  
Sequencing Technology ◽  
Public Health Burden ◽  
Data Throughput ◽  
And Control

Infectious diseases are major threats to human health and lead to a serious public health burden. The emergence of new pathogens and the mutation of known pathogens challenge our ability to diagnose and control infectious diseases. Nanopore sequencing technology exhibited versatile applications in pathogenic microorganism detection due to its flexible data throughput. This review article introduced the applications of nanopore sequencing in clinical microbiology and infectious diseases management, including the monitoring of emerging infectious diseases outbreak, identification of pathogen drug resistance, and disease-related microbial communities characterization.

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