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Creator: CIDRAP
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2013-02-20
Description: In a new study, Chinese hospital staffers who wore N95 respirators all the time enjoyed significantly lower rates of clinical respiratory illnesses (CRIs) than workers who wore surgical masks or used N95s only for high-risk procedures. -
Creator: Liu, Tao, Jianxiong Hu, Min Kang, Lifeng Lin, Haojie Zhong, Jianpeng Xiao, Guanhao He, Tie Song, Qiong Huang, Zuhua Rong, Aiping Deng, Weilin Zeng, Xiaohua Tan, Siqing Zeng, Zhihua Zhu, Jiansen Li, Donghua Wan, Jing Lu, Huihong Deng, Jianfeng He, and…
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-01-26
Description: Since December 29, 2019, pneumonia infection with 2019-nCoV has rapidly spread out from Wuhan, Hubei Province, China to most others provinces and other counties. However, the transmission dynamics of 2019-nCoV remain unclear. -
Creator: Zhang, Liangsheng, Fu-ming Shen, Fei Chen, and Zhenguo Lin.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-02-03
Description: The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) recently reported from Wuhan (China), and Thailand, Japan, South Korea and US have been confirmed as new coronavirus (page 1). -
Creator: Chen, Xuejiao, Junzhang Tian, Guanming Li, and Guowei Li.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-02-18
Description: In December, 2019, a group of patients with pneumonia of unknown origin, most of whom had been exposed to the Huanan seafood wholesale market in Wuhan, China, was first reported. -
Creator: Lore, Michael B., Brian K. Heimbuch, Teanne L. Brown, Joseph D. Wander, and Steven H. Hinrichs.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2011-08-22
Description: Filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) are recommended for use as precautions against airborne pathogenic microorganisms; however, during pandemics demand for FFRs may far exceed availability. -
Creator: Kampf, Günter, Daniel Todt, Stephanie Pfaender, and Eike Steinmann.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-02-06
Description: Currently, the emergence of a novel human coronavirus, temporary named 2019-nCoV, has become a global health concern causing severe respiratory tract infections in humans. -
Creator: Blachere, Francoise M., Gang Cao, William G. Lindsley, John D. Noti, and Donald H. Beezhold.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2011-09
Description: Current screening methodologies for detecting infectious airborne influenza virus are limited and lack sensitivity. -
Creator: Blachere, Francoise M., William G. Lindsley, Cynthia M. McMillen, Donald H. Beezhold, Edward M. Fisher, Ronald E. Shaffer, and John D. Noti.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-10
Description: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at significantly higher risk of exposure to influenza virus during seasonal epidemics and global pandemics. -
Creator: Cummings, Kristin J., Stephen B. Martin, Jr., William G. Lindsley, Sreekumar Othumpangat, Francoise M. Blachere, John D. Noti, Donald H. Beezhold, Nasira Roidad, John E. Parker, and David N. Weissman.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2014-08-01
Description: We read with interest the article by Bischoff et al, in which they describe detection of influenza virus in aerosols around hospitalized patients with influenza virus infection who were receiving routine care. -
Creator: Fisher, Edward M., John D. Noti, William G. Lindsley, Francoise M. Blachere, and Ronald E. Shaffer.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2014-08
Description: Facemasks are part of the hierarchy of interventions used to reduce the transmission of respiratory pathogens by providing a barrier.