Birgand, Gabriel, Ahmad, Raheelah, Bulabula, Andre NH, Singh, Sanjeev, Bearman, Gonzalo, Sanchez, Enrique Castro and Holmes, Alison 
ORCID: 0000-0001-5554-5743
(2022)
Innovation for infection prevention and control-revisiting Pasteur's vision.
LANCET, 400 (10369).
pp. 2250-2260.
Abstract
Louis Pasteur has long been heralded as one of the fathers of microbiology and immunology. Less known is Pasteur's vision on infection prevention and control (IPC) that drove current infection control, public health, and much of modern medicine and surgery. In this Review, we revisited Pasteur's pioneering works to assess progress and challenges in the process and technological innovation of IPC. We focused on Pasteur's far-sighted conceptualisation of the hospital as a reservoir of microorganisms and amplifier of transmission, aseptic technique in surgery, public health education, interdisciplinary working, and the protection of health services and patients. Examples from across the globe help inform future thinking for IPC innovation, adoption, scale up and sustained use.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Humans, Public Health, Health Education, Infection Control, History, 19th Century, France, Interdisciplinary Studies |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Mar 2023 13:31 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Mar 2024 14:11 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0140-6736(22)02459-x |
| Open Access URL: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC97546... |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3169311 |
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