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. 2016 Apr 12:5:30.
doi: 10.1186/s40249-016-0118-9.

Nosocomial infection control in healthcare settings: Protection against emerging infectious diseases

Chuanxi Fu  1 , Shengyong Wang  2
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Nosocomial infection control in healthcare settings: Protection against emerging infectious diseases

Chuanxi Fu et al. Infect Dis Poverty. .

Abstract

The Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak in Korea in 2015 may be attributable to poor nosocomial infection control procedures implemented. Strict infection control measures were taken in the hospital where an imported case with MERS was treated in southern China and 53 health care workers were confirmed to be MERS-CoV negative. Infection control in healthcare settings, in which patients with emerging infectious diseases such as MERS, Ebola virus disease, and the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) are diagnosed and treated, are often imperfect. When it comes to emerging or unknown infectious diseases, before the imported case was finally identified or community transmission was reported, cases have often occurred in clusters in healthcare settings. Nosocomial infection control measures should be further strengthened among the workers and inpatients in designated healthcare settings that accommodate suspected cases suffering from emerging or unknown infectious diseases.

Keywords: Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS); Nosocomial infection; Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

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