infection control
Stopping pathogen spread
Infection control refers to policies and practices designed to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, especially in healthcare settings.
It encompasses hand hygiene, sterilization of equipment, isolation protocols, and proper disposal of contaminated materials.
The hospital tightened infection control measures after the outbreak.
The term appears frequently in nursing, public health, and institutional contexts.
- surface cleaningRemoving visible dirt only
- sterilizationComplete elimination of microbes
- antisepticMicrobe-killing substance
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- social distancingDeliberate interpersonal spacing
disinfection · germ theory · vaccination · contact tracing · gloves · asepsis · outbreak response · PPE · personal protective equipment · hygiene · biohazard bag · prophylaxis · hand washing · hand sanitizer · barrier methods · decontamination · epidemiology · air filtration
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- medical issuesdiagnosis, symptoms, complications, prognosis, treatment failure
- epidemiologyepidemic, epidemiology, pandemic, outbreak, endemic
- controlcommand, management, supervision, guidance, steering
- hygienehygiene, handwashing, toothbrush, hand washing, sanitizer
- global healthdisease, pandemic, World Health Organization, medications, pandemics
infection controldisease transmission
Spread of illness
contagion · outbreak · cross-contamination · pandemic · superspreading
infection controltreatment
Care for an ailment
infection treatment · disease management · medical treatment · antibiotic therapy · antiviral treatment
infection controlcontamination
Introduction of impurities
poor hygiene · cross-infection · sepsis · biohazard · environmental contamination