Infection control/Definition

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A definition or brief description of 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.

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Infection control (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.