Abstract：
:The emergency department (ED) presents unique challenges to infection control and prevention. Hand hygiene, transmission-based precautions, environmental cleaning, high-level disinfection and sterilization of reusable medical devices, and prevention of health care-associated infections (catheter-associated urinary tract infection, ventilator-associated pneumonia, central line-associated bloodstream infection) are key priorities in ED infection prevention. Effective and sustainable infection prevention strategies tailored to the ED are necessary and achievable. Emergency clinicians can and already play an invaluable role in infection prevention.
journal_name
Emerg Med Clin North Amjournal_title
Emergency medicine clinics of North Americaauthors
Liang SY,Riethman M,Fox Jdoi
10.1016/j.emc.2018.06.013subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-11-01 00:00:00pages
873-887issue
4eissn
0733-8627issn
1558-0539pii
S0733-8627(18)30065-8journal_volume
36pub_type
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journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America
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journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America
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journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America
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journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America
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