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• The ways healthcare providers use to prevent infections with the uses of gown, gloves, masks, special cleaning products and not allowing certain people with colds or flu other diseases that may cause the ill person to be sicker.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Infection control. (n.d.). HAI Glossary for Consumers. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/infection-control.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Infection control. www.cdc.gov. HAI Glossary for Consumers. CDC. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/infection-control (accessed: January 29, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Infection control." HAI Glossary for Consumers. CDC. 29 January. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/infection-control.

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