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1995. We evaluated antisepsis, disinfection, and sterilization procedures at 22 hospitals in the state of Yucatan, Mexico, which provide services for approximately 80% of the population. The percentage of hospitals that followed standard recommendations for diverse antisepsis procedures were as follows: s …

Innovation — from disease maps to artificial intelligence disease alerts, hospital robots, and supply-delivering drones — helps fight disease outbreaks.

Preprint servers and journals are working overtime to keep up with a “firehose” of data

Scientists are posting their papers on the China outbreak as fast as they can write them, skipping traditional journals.

2010

(CDC) is closely monitoring an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus (named “coronavirus disease 2019” or “COVID-19”)

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread quickly across the globe with devastating effects on the global economy as well as the regional and societies’ socio-economic fabrics and the way of life for vast populations. The nonhomogeneous continent ...

2019 July/ "Aspergillus spp... survives well in air, dust, and moisture present in health-care facilities." "Other opportunistic fungi that have been occasionally linked with health-care associated infections are members of the order Mucorales (e.g., Rhizopus spp.) and miscellaneous moniliaceous molds (e.g., Fusarium spp. and Penicillium spp.)"

2003

Environmental health services (EHS) in healthcare facilities (HCFs) are critical for safe care provision, yet their availability in low- and middle-income countries is low. A poor understanding of costs hinders progress towards adequate provision. Methods ...

2020 paper **discusses potential for using CD for disinfection in air in occupied areas**