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In health care, infection control is "programs of disease surveillance, generally within health care facilities, designed to investigate, prevent, and control the spread of infections and their causative microorganisms."[1]
The goal of infection control is to prevent cross infection (also called hospital infection or nosocomial infection).
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Infection control (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.