Timeline of infection control
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| Time period | Development summary | More details |
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Full timeline
| Year | Event type | Details | Country/region |
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| 1801 | The first hospital for infectious diseases is established in London.[1] | United Kingdom | |
| 1876 | Robert Koch publishes his work on anthrax, for the first time conclusively proving that a bacterium could be a specific infectious agent.[1] | ||
| 1886 | Louis Pasteur successfully immunizes a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog with spinal cord suspensions of inactivated rabies virus.[1] | ||
| 1900 | By this time, there are 4,000 hospitals in the United States.[1] | United States | |
| 1946 | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is founded.[1] | United States |
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What the timeline is still missing
- Infection control
- Antimicrobial
- Antimicrobial copper-alloy touch surfaces
- Antimicrobial properties of copper
- Medical uses of silver
- Cordon sanitaire
- Hospital-acquired infection
- Protective sequestration
- Buffer zone
- Isolation (health care)
- Social distancing
- Quarantine
- Leper colony
- Barrier nursing
- Cubicle curtain
- Category:Medical hygiene
- Category:Antimicrobials
- Body substance isolation
- Disinfectant
- Category:Medical hygiene
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See also
- Timeline of epidemiology
- Timeline of hygiene
- Timeline of global health
- Timeline of bacteriology
- Timeline of antibiotics
- Timeline of virology
