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2. 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 ...

3. Lower respiratory tract infection - Wikipedia

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   For optimal management of a pneumonia patient, the following must be assessed: pneumonia severity (including treatment location, e.g., home, hospital or intensive care), identification of causative organism, analgesia of chest pain, the need for supplemental oxygen, physiotherapy, hydration, bronchodilators and possible complications of ...

4. Pneumonia - Wikipedia

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   Pneumonia fills the lung's alveoli with fluid, hindering oxygenation. The alveolus on the left is normal, whereas the one on the right is full of fluid from pneumonia. Pneumonia frequently starts as an upper respiratory tract infection that moves into the lower respiratory tract. [55] It is a type of pneumonitis (lung inflammation). [56]

5. Epidemiology of pneumonia - Wikipedia

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   Pneumonia is a common respiratory infection, [2] affecting approximately 450 million people a year and occurring in all parts of the world. [3] It is a major cause of death among all age groups, resulting in 1.4 million deaths in 2010 (7% of the world's yearly total) and 3.0 million deaths in 2016 (the 4th leading cause of death in the world).

6. Orthopneumovirus - Wikipedia

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   The best methods of prevention of orthopneumovirus infection are covering cough and sneezing to prevent transmission of possible pathogens. Isolating animals and humans that have a pneumovirus is the best way to prevent the virus from spreading.

7. Special Act for Prevention, Relief and Revitalization ...

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   During the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak the Provisional Act for Prevention and Relief of SARS was enacted. When the outbreak passed, the law was repealed. [23] [24] Applicable provisions were incorporated into the Communicable Disease Control Act, [25] which regulates government actions during public health emergencies caused by communicable diseases. [26]