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| 1827 || {{w|Disinfectant}} introduction || || English surgeon [[w:Thomas Alcock (surgeon)|Thomas Alcock]] shows the possibility to use {{w|hypochlorite}} for disinfection.<ref name="Rogers"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 1829 || {{w|Disinfectant}} introduction || || {{w|Lugol's iodine}} is first made by French physician {{w|Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol}}.<ref name=Pre2009>{{cite book|last1=Preedy|first1=Victor R.|last2=Burrow|first2=Gerard N.|last3=Watson|first3=Ronald Ross|title=Comprehensive Handbook of Iodine: Nutritional, Biochemical, Pathological and Therapeutic Aspects|date=2009|publisher=Academic Press|page=135|language=en|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812100039/https://books.google.ca/books?id=7v7g5XoCQQwC&pg=PA135}}</ref><ref name=Sn2005>{{cite book|last1=Sneader|first1=Walter|title=Drug Discovery: A History|date=2005|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9780471899792|page=67|language=en|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826071343/https://books.google.ca/books?id=Cb6BOkj9fK4C&pg=PA67}}</ref> || {{w|France}}
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| 1831 || Disinfection method introduction || || English chemist {{w|William Henry}} investigates the disinfection of infected clothing using heat rendered them harmless. Henry devises a jacketed dry heat (hot air) steriliser.<ref name="Rogers"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 1887 || {{w|Disinfectant}} introduction || || Rosahegyi notes that dyes are inhibitory to {{w|bacteria}}.<ref name="Hugo"/> ||
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| 1987 || || || A document entitled ''{{w|Body substance isolation}}'' emphasizes avoiding contact with all moist and potentially infectious body substances except sweat even if blood not present. The document shares some features with universal precautions.<ref>Lynch P, Jackson MM, Cummings MJ, Stamm WE. Rethinking the role of isolation practices in the prevention of nosocomial infections. Ann Intern Med 1987;107(2):243-6.</ref> ||
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| 1888 || Protection (‘‘{{w|cordon sanitaire}}’’) || || During a yellow fever epidemic, the city of {{w|Jacksonville}}, {{w|Florida}}, is surrounded by an armed cordon sanitaire by order of Governor Edward A. Perry.<ref>{{cite web |title=1888 Epidemic in Jacksonville |url=http://exhibits.lib.usf.edu/exhibits/show/discovering-florida/disease/1888-epidemic-in-jacksonville |website=exhibits.lib.usf.edu |accessdate=22 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Annual report of the Surgeon General |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=YCr5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA40&dq=1888+Cordon+sanitaire++yellow+fever+Jacksonville&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4_c7hlMjpAhXJF7kGHUWzAeYQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=1888%20Cordon%20sanitaire%20%20yellow%20fever%20Jacksonville&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
| 1918 || Protection (‘‘{{w|cordon sanitaire}}’’) || Influenza || In the [[w:South Pacific Ocean|South Pacific]], the [[w:List of governors of American Samoa|Governor of]] {{w|American Samoa}}, {{w|John Martin Poyer}}, imposed a reverse ''{{w|cordon sanitaire}}'' of the islands from all incoming ships, successfully achieving zero deaths within the territory during the influenza epidemic.<ref>[https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5386&context=etd Peter Oliver Okin, ''The Yellow Flag of Quarantine: An Analysis of the Historical and Prospective Impacts of Socio-Legal Controls Over Contagion'', doctoral dissertation, University of South Florida, January 2012; p. 232]</ref> In contrast, the neighboring [[w:Occupation of German Samoa|New Zealand-controlled]] [[w:Western Samoa Trust Territory|Western Samoa]] is among the hardest hit, with a 90% infection rate and over 20% of its adults dying from the disease.<ref>[http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jmpoyer.htm John Poyer, Commander, US Navy, Navy Cross citation]</ref> || {{w|American Samoa}}, [[w:Western Samoa Trust Territory|Western Samoa]]
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| 1918 || Crisis || {{w|Influenza}} || In late year, {{w|Spain}} attempts unsuccessfully to prevent the spread of the {{w|Spanish flu}} by imposing border controls, roadblocks, restricting rail travel, and a maritime ''cordon sanitaire'' prohibiting ships with sick passengers from landing, but by then the epidemic is already in progress in the country.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=taEhAQAAQBAJ&pg R. Davis, ''The Spanish Flu: Narrative and Cultural Identity in Spain, 1918'', Springer, 2013.] {{ISBN|1137339217}}</ref> || {{w|Spain}}
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| 1918 || {{w|Disinfectant}} introduction || Germ infection || {{w|Hydrogen peroxide}} is used in {{w|World War I}} as a {{w|germicide}}.<ref name="Rogers"/> ||
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| 1970 || Disinfection method introduction || || Continuous ethylene oxide sterilization process is developed.<ref name="Rogers"/> ||
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| 1970 || || || A document entitled ''Isolation Technique for Use in Hospitals'' introduces seven isolation precaution categories with color-coded cards: Strict, Respiratory, Protective, Enteric, Wound and Skin, Discharge, and Blood.<ref>National Communicable Disease Center. Isolation Techniques for Use in Hospitals. 1st ed. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office;. PHS publication no 2054 1970</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1971 || Disinfection method introduction || || D.A. Gunther patents a balance pressure process for use with {{w|ethylene oxide}} sterilization.<ref name="Rogers"/> ||
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| 1972 || {{w|Cordon sanitaire}} || {{w|Smallpox}} || During the {{w|1972 Yugoslav smallpox outbreak}}, over 10,000 people are sequestered in cordons sanitaires of villages and neighborhoods using roadblocks, and a general prohibition of public meetings, a closure of all borders and a prohibition of all non-essential travel is implemented.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bioterrorism: Civil Liberties Under Quarantine |url=https://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2001/oct/quarantine/011023.quarantine.html |website=npr.org |accessdate=27 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Huremović |first1=Damir |title=Brief History of Pandemics (Pandemics Throughout History) |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-15346-5_2 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7123574/ |pmc=7123574}}</ref> || {{w|Serbia}}, {{w|Kosovo}}
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| 1972 || Disinfection method introduction || || Leland Ashman and Wilson Menashi use low temperature gas plasma for sterilization of contaminated surfaces.<ref name="Rogers"/> ||
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| 1985 || Disinfectant research || || A.A. Rosenblatt, D.H. Rosenblatt and J.E. Knapp find {{w|chlorine}} to be a sterilant in a gaseous phase.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=JENG |first1=DAVID K. |last2=WOODWORTH |first2=ARCHIE G. |author1= |title=Chlorine Dioxide Gas Sterilization under Square-Wave Conditions |url=https://aem.asm.org/content/aem/56/2/514.full.pdf |publisher=American Society for Microbiology}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Isolator Decontamination Using Chlorine Dioxide Gas |url=http://files.alfresco.mjh.group/alfresco_images/pharma//2014/08/22/5072423c-8e4d-43c2-a2cd-9c8c0db926e3/article-156880.pdf |website=files.alfresco.mjh.group/ |accessdate=25 May 2020}}</ref> ||
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| 1985–1988 || || HIV infection || A document entitled ''Universal precautions'' is issued in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It dictates application of blood and body fluid precautions to all patients, regardless of infection status.<ref>CDC. Update: universal precautions for prevention of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, and other bloodborne pathogens in health-care settings. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1988;37(24):377-82, 87-8.</ref><ref>CDC. Recommendations for preventing transmission of infection with human T- lymphotropic virus type III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus in the workplace. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1985;34(450:681-6, 91-5.</ref> ||
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| 1986 || Disinfection method introduction || || Pulsed laser sterilization is described.<ref name="Rogers"/> ||
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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> ||
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| 1998 || || || {{w|Global Campaign for Microbicides}} ||
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| 1999 || Disinfection method introduction || || A new plasma sterilizer is approved by the U.S. {{w|Food and Drug Administration}}.<ref>{{cite book |title=Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 7, Issue 2 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=aIPj6BAc1a4C&pg=PA348&lpg=PA348&dq=1999+A+new+plasma+sterilizer+is+approved+by+the+FDA&source=bl&ots=fzLcmcLquX&sig=ACfU3U1TyFrskf-QU41ENhPCkm4IImIzZQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwin0snk8M3pAhVpGbkGHY8BDTsQ6AEwAHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=1999%20A%20new%20plasma%20sterilizer%20is%20approved%20by%20the%20FDA&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2002 || Publication || || The {{w|Royal Australian College of General Practitioners}} publishes a revised standard for office-based infection control which covers the sections of managing immunization, sterilization and disease surveillance.<ref name=racgp>{{cite web| last =The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners| title =RACGP Infection Control Standards for Office-based Practices (4th Edition)|url =https://web.archive.org/web/20081220163900/http://www.racgp.org.au/infectioncontrol}}</ref><ref name=sracgp>{{cite web| last =The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners| title =Slides - RACGP Infection Control Standards for Office-based Practices (4th Edition)| url =http://www.racgp.org.au/Content/NavigationMenu/PracticeSupport/StandardsforGeneralPractices/200708RACGP_Infection_Control_Standards.pdf|url =https://web.archive.org/web/20081217113407/http://www.racgp.org.au/Content/NavigationMenu/PracticeSupport/StandardsforGeneralPractices/200708RACGP_Infection_Control_Standards.pdf}}</ref> || {{w|Australia}}
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| 2002 || || || {{w|International Partnership for Microbicides}} ||
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| 2003 || Protection (‘‘{{w|cordon sanitaire}}’’) || {{w|Severe acute respiratory syndrome}} || During the [[w:Timeline of the SARS outbreak|2003 SARS outbreak]] in Canada, "community quarantine" is used to successfully reduce transmission of the disease.<ref>{{cite journal| pmid=20034405 | doi=10.1186/1471-2458-9-488 | pmc=2808319 | volume=9 | title=Quantifying the impact of community quarantine on SARS transmission in Ontario: estimation of secondary case count difference and number needed to quarantine | year=2009 | journal=BMC Public Health | page=488 | last1 = Bondy | first1 = SJ | last2 = Russell | first2 = ML | last3 = Laflèche | first3 = JM | last4 = Rea | first4 = E}}</ref> || {{w|Canada}}
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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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| 2005 || || || {{w|International Rectal Microbicide Advocates}} ||
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| 2006 || || || {{w|Microbicide Trials Network}} ||
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| 2006 || || {{w|Microbicides Development Programme}} || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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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}}
| 2015 || Protection ({{w|hand washing}}) || || A study of hand washing in 54 countries finds that on average, 38.7% of households practice hand washing with soap. ||
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| 2019 || Disinfection research || || A number of studies find that {{w|copper}} surfaces may help prevent infection in the healthcare environment.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Arendsen |first1=LP |last2=Thakar |first2=R |last3=Sultan |first3=AH |title=The Use of Copper as an Antimicrobial Agent in Health Care, Including Obstetrics and Gynecology. |journal=Clinical Microbiology Reviews |date=18 September 2019 |volume=32 |issue=4 |doi=10.1128/CMR.00125-18 |pmid=31413046|pmc=6730497 }}</ref> ||
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| 2020 || Protection (‘‘{{w|cordon sanitaire}}’’) || {{w|Coronavirus disease 2019}} || A multiple number of lockdowns are imposed worldwide in response to the {{w|2019–20 coronavirus pandemic}}. || Worldwide
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