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Bacteria, viruses, parasites, or fungi that can cause disease; a specific causative agent of a disease such as bacterium or a virus.
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Ways to keep patients safe from infection or the spread of disease.
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Clothing or devices worn to help isolate or shield a person from direct exposure to a hazardous material or situation. Usually includes helmets, safety goggles, hearing protectors, face shields, respirators, arm guards, smocks, gloves, and safety boots.
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Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs that can cause mild to severe illness in people of all ages. Signs of pneumonia can include coughing, fever, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, rapid breathing or shortness of breath, chills, or chest pain. Certain people are more likely to become ill with pneumonia. This includes adults 65 years of age or older and children younger than 5 years of age. People younger than 64 years of age who have underlying medical conditions (like diabetes or HIV/AIDS) and people 19 through 64 who smoke cigarettes or have asthma are also at increased risk for getting pneumonia.
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The proportion of a population that has a particular condition at any given time, whether as a new or chronic case.
The proportion of a population that has a particular condition at any given time, whether as a new or chronic case.
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To stop from happening.
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A written set of rules to follow.
- Browse Related Terms: Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc., Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), Hygiene, Infection Control Practitioner, Infection Control Professional, Infection Preventionist, protocol, sensitivity, Specificity, Strategy, Stringent, surveillance
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