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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.
infection prevention early on to assist with their infec-tion control plan development and implementation and to ensure that facility design and work flow is conducive to optimal infection prevention practices. B. Aspects of Care That Are Beyond the Scope of This Plan. This model plan focuses on the core measures to pre-
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