id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-252714-idlyl4ga Islam, M. Saiful Current knowledge of COVID-19 and infection prevention and control strategies in healthcare settings: A global analysis 2020-05-15 .txt text/plain 5654 348 51 1,2 Outbreaks of newly emerging or remerging infectious diseases present a unique challenge and a threat to healthcare providers (HCPs) and other frontline responders due to limited understanding of the emerging threat and reliance on infection prevention and control (IPC) measures that may not consider all transmission dynamics of the emerging pathogens. We searched publications in English on 'PubMed' and Google Scholar for the period between January 1 and April 27, 2020, using the following search terms: "2019-nCoV" or "COVID-19" or "2019 novel coronavirus" or "SARS-CoV-2." To identify COVID-19 IPC guidelines, we visited the websites of the international public health agencies such as CDC, ECDC, WHO, as well as the Australian Government Department of Health, the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Control of the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, and Public Health England. ./cache/cord-252714-idlyl4ga.txt ./txt/cord-252714-idlyl4ga.txt