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Infection prevention and control is required to prevent the transmission of communicable diseases in all health care settings. Infection prevention and control demands a basic understanding of the epidemiology of diseases; risk factors that increase patient susceptibility to infection; and the practices, procedures and treatments that may result in infections. There are limited recent data on infectious illness impacts in the workplace; however, those sources that are available indicate that employers have become increasingly aware of the cost burden of employee absenteeism and presenteeism. Absenteeism is defined as missed work days while attending work while ill is termed presenteeism estimated […]