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Since the MERS outbreak in Korea in 2015, medical law has been revised to expand infection control manpower in order to strengthen infection control. This has resulted in a surge...
BACKGROUND: Catheter-associated urinary tract infection is a major infection in healthcare facilities. We investigated the urinary catheter utilization ratio and incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in small-sized hospitals with...
BACKGROUND: Scabies is a skin disease caused by Sarcoptesscabiei var. hominis and is transmitted through skin contact. In Korea, its prevalence has decreased since 1990 to approximately
BACKGROUND: This study was conducted to evaluate the level of intravenous injection port contamination in 3-way stopcock (open-system) or needleless connector (closed-system) intravenous infusion devices before and after disinfecting for...
BACKGROUND: Fungal infections are emerging as a major cause of healthcare-associated infection, and invasive fungal infections (IFI) are associated with high mortality in burn patients. The (1,3)-β-D-glucan (BG) assay has...