American Journal of Infection Control
May 2015 Volume 43, Issue 5, p423-546, e1-e17
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Cleaning and disinfecting environmental surfaces in health care: Toward an integrated framework for infection and occupational illness prevention
Margaret M. Quinn, Paul K. Henneberger, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Cleaning and Disinfecting in Healthcare Working Group
p424–434
Published online: March 17, 2015
Open Access
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The Cleaning and Disinfecting in Healthcare Working Group of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Occupational Research Agenda, is a collaboration of infection prevention and occupational health researchers and practitioners with the objective of providing a more integrated approach to effective environmental surface cleaning and disinfection (C&D) while protecting the respiratory health of health care personnel.

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Planning and response to Ebola virus disease: An integrated approach
Philip W. Smith, Kathleen C. Boulter, Angela L. Hewlett, Christopher J. Kratochvil, Elizabeth J. Beam, Shawn G. Gibbs, John-Martin J. Lowe, Michelle M. Schwedhelm
p441–446
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The care of patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD) requires the application of critical care medicine principles under conditions of stringent infection control precautions. The care of patients with EVD requires a number of elements in terms of physical layout, personal protective apparel, and other equipment. Provision of care is demanding in terms of depth of staff and training. The key to safely providing such care is a system that brings many valuable skills to the table, and allows communication between these individuals.

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Influenza vaccination uptake and its socioeconomic determinants in the older adult Iranian population: A national study
Parisa Taheri Tanjani, Mehran Babanejad, Farid Najafi
e1–e5
Published online: March 20, 2015
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The relationship between socioeconomic status and influenza vaccine uptake has a different pattern in different societies. The objective of this study was to assess the socioeconomic factors influencing influenza vaccination uptake in the older adult Iranian population.