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Intensive Care Units |
Hospital units providing continuous surveillance and care to acutely ill patients. |
ICU Intensive Care Units,Intensive Care Unit,Unit, Intensive Care |
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| D007722 |
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice |
Knowledge, attitudes, and associated behaviors which pertain to health-related topics such as PATHOLOGIC PROCESSES or diseases, their prevention, and treatment. This term refers to non-health workers and health workers (HEALTH PERSONNEL). |
Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice |
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| D003428 |
Cross Infection |
Any infection which a patient contracts in a health-care institution. |
Hospital Infections,Nosocomial Infections,Health Care Associated Infection,Health Care Associated Infections,Healthcare Associated Infections,Infection, Cross,Infections, Hospital,Infections, Nosocomial,Cross Infections,Healthcare Associated Infection,Hospital Infection,Infection, Healthcare Associated,Infection, Hospital,Infection, Nosocomial,Infections, Cross,Infections, Healthcare Associated,Nosocomial Infection |
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| D006282 |
Health Personnel |
Men and women working in the provision of health services, whether as individual practitioners or employees of health institutions and programs, whether or not professionally trained, and whether or not subject to public regulation. (From A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, 1976) |
Health Care Professionals,Health Care Providers,Healthcare Providers,Healthcare Workers,Health Care Professional,Health Care Provider,Healthcare Provider,Healthcare Worker,Personnel, Health,Professional, Health Care,Provider, Health Care,Provider, Healthcare |
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| D006797 |
Housekeeping, Hospital |
Hospital department which manages and provides the required housekeeping functions in all areas of the hospital. |
Hospital Housekeeping,Hospital Housekeepings,Housekeepings, Hospital |
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| D006801 |
Humans |
Members of the species Homo sapiens. |
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man |
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| D014481 |
United States |
A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO. |
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| D016470 |
Bacteremia |
The presence of viable bacteria circulating in the blood. Fever, chills, tachycardia, and tachypnea are common acute manifestations of bacteremia. The majority of cases are seen in already hospitalized patients, most of whom have underlying diseases or procedures which render their bloodstreams susceptible to invasion. |
Bacteremias |
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| D017053 |
Infection Control |
Programs of disease surveillance, generally within health care facilities, designed to investigate, prevent, and control the spread of infections and their causative microorganisms. |
Control, Infection |
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| D057189 |
Checklist |
Aid for consistent recording of data such as tasks completed and observations noted. |
Checklists |
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