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2. Terminal cleaning - Wikipedia

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   Terminal cleaning. Non-flammable alcohol vapor in carbon dioxide systems being used as the final step in sanitizing a swing-out toilet in a hospital ER exam room. [ edit on Wikidata] Terminal cleaning is the thorough cleaning of a room after use, used in healthcare environments to control the spread of infections.

3. Infection prevention and control - Wikipedia

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   Infection prevention and control is the discipline concerned with preventing healthcare-associated infections; a practical rather than academic sub-discipline of epidemiology. In Northern Europe, infection prevention and control is expanded from healthcare into a component in public health, known as "infection protection" ( smittevern ...

4. Aseptic Technique: Uses, Benefits, and Complications - Healthline

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   Outlook. Healthcare professionals use the aseptic technique to prevent contamination from pathogens like bacteria and viruses. It involves applying the strictest rules during medical procedures to ...

5. Hospital-acquired infection - Wikipedia

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   Infectious disease. A hospital-acquired infection, also known as a nosocomial infection (from the Greek nosokomeion, meaning "hospital"), is an infection that is acquired in a hospital or other healthcare facility. [1] To emphasize both hospital and nonhospital settings, it is sometimes instead called a healthcare-associated infection. [2]

6. How to Plan for Recovery at Home After Surgery - WebMD

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   Since you may feel tired during your recovery, prepare some meals before your operation and put them in the freezer. Equipment. After some types of surgery, you'll need to get special gear at home ...

7. Inpatient vs Outpatient Medical Care: Differences, Procedures ...

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   Takeaway. In general, inpatient vs. outpatient care depends on how long you need to be in a hospital or clinic. Outpatient procedures are handled on the same day, while inpatient procedures ...

8. Isolation (health care) - Wikipedia

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   In health care facilities, isolation represents one of several measures that can be taken to implement in infection control: the prevention of communicable diseases from being transmitted from a patient to other patients, health care workers, and visitors, or from outsiders to a particular patient ( reverse isolation ).

9. HHA Services - Wikipedia

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   HHA Services, originally Hospital Housekeepers of America, was founded in 1974 by Daniel W. Bowen, Jr. in Detroit, MI. [1] The company diversified in 1982 and founded Consolidated Building Services to provide janitorial service to medical office buildings, clinics and commercial buildings. In 1983, Medical Pest Control was founded to provide ...