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Basic Infection Control And Prevention Plan forOutpatient Oncology SettingsNational Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious DiseasesDivision of Healthcare Quality PromotionDecember, 2011An estimated million new cases of cancer were diagnosed in the United States in 2010[1]. With im-provements in survivorship and the growth and ag-ing of the population, the total number of per-sons living with cancer will continue to increase [2]. Despite advances in oncology care, infections remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality among cancer patients[3-5]. Increased risks for Infection are attributed, in part, to immunosuppression caused by the underlying malignancy and chemotherapy. In ad-dition patients with cancer come into frequent con-tact with healthcare settings and can be exposed to other patients in these settings with transmissible in-fections.
Basic Infection Control . And Prevention Plan for. Outpatient. Oncology Settings. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
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