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| 1995 || ''{{w|Cordon sanitaire}}'' || {{w|Ebola}} || A {{w|cordon sanitaire}} is used to control an outbreak of {{w|Ebola}} virus disease in {{w|Kikwit}}, Zaire.<ref>{{cite web |title=ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE USE OF CORDONS SANITAIRES |url=https://www.clinicalcorrelations.org/2015/02/19/ethical-considerations-in-the-use-of-cordons-sanitaires/ |website=clinicalcorrelations.org |accessdate=25 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Muyembe-Tamfum |first1=J J |last2=Kipasa |first2=M |last3=Kiyungu |first3=C |last4=Colebunders |first4=R |title=Ebola Outbreak in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Discovery and Control Measures |doi=10.1086/514302 |pmid=9988192 |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9988192/ |accessdate=25 May 2020}}</ref> || {{w|Congo D.R.}}
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| 1995 || Statistics || {{w|Hospital-acquired infection}} || || The {{w|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}} estimates that approximately 1.9 million cases of {{w|hospital-acquired infection}} occurred in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions |url=https://www.ncsl.org/research/health/hospital-acquired-infections-faq.aspx |website=ncsl.org |accessdate=2 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1998 || Statistics || {{w|Hospital-acquired infection}} || According to {{w|CDC}}, approximately one third of healthcare acquired infections are preventable.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Weinstein RA | title = Nosocomial infection update | journal = Emerging Infectious Diseases | volume = 4 | issue = 3 | pages = 416–20 | date = September 1998 | pmid = 9716961 | pmc = 2640303 | doi = 10.3201/eid0403.980320 | url = http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/4/3/98-0320 | publisher = CDC }}</ref> ||
| 2004 || ''{{w|Cordon sanitaire}}'' || {{w|Ebola}} || A ''cordon sanitaire'' is established around some of the most affected areas of the {{w|2014 West Africa Ebola virus outbreak}}.<ref>[https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6407a4.htm "Community Quarantine to Interrupt Ebola Virus Transmission – Mawah Village, Bong County, Liberia, August–October, 2014," ''Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,'' February 27, 2015 / 64(07); 179–182.]</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/13/science/using-a-tactic-unseen-in-a-century-countries-cordon-off-ebola-racked-areas.html?_r=0|author=Donald G. McNeil Jr.|newspaper={{w|The New York Times}}|date=August 13, 2014|title=Using a Tactic Unseen in a Century, Countries Cordon Off Ebola-Racked Areas}}</ref> On 19 August, the Liberian government quarantines the entirety of {{w|West Point, Monrovia}} and issued a curfew statewide.<ref name="nbcnews1">{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/liberian-soldiers-seal-slum-halt-ebola-n185046 |title=Liberian Soldiers Seal Slum to Halt Ebola |publisher=NBC News |date=2014-08-09 |accessdate=2014-08-23}}</ref> || {{w|Liberia}}
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| 2005 || Publication || {{w|Hospital-acquired infection}} || || The {{w|American Thoracic Society}} and {{w|Infectious Diseases Society of America}} publish guidelines suggesting antibiotics specifically for {{w|hospital-acquired pneumonia}}.<ref name="guidelines">{{cite journal |author=American Thoracic Society |author2=Infectious Diseases Society of America |title=Guidelines for the management of adults with hospital-acquired, ventilator-associated, and healthcare-associated pneumonia |journal=Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. |volume=171 |issue=4 |pages=388–416 |year=2005 |pmid=15699079 |doi=10.1164/rccm.200405-644ST|url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/c1e3c150b88a50d40302f15a5533bdd6b0da5885 }}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2008 (February) || Disinfection method introduction || || The {{w|United States Environmental Protection Agency}} (EPA) approves the registrations of five different groups of copper alloys as "{{w|antimicrobial}} materials" with public health benefits.<ref>{{cite web |title=Antimicrobial Copper Surfaces for the Reduction of Health Care–Associated Infections in Intensive Care Settings |url=https://www.cadth.ca/sites/default/files/pdf/EH0021_Copper_Surfaces_e.pdf |website=cadth.ca |accessdate=26 June 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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