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** For events related to face mask use look for the group of rows with value "Prevention ({{w|face mask}})".
* What are some historically significant applications of public measures aimed at preventing and controlling infection outbreaks?
** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the groups of rows with values "Contact tracing", and "Survaillance", and "{{w|Infection control}}".
** You will see some different types of response to outbreaks, including historic {{w|plague}} epidemics, and recent pandemics.
** For contact tracing, you will see a number of recent events related to {{w|digital contact tracing}} launched during the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}.
| 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 || Infection control (Organization) || Microbial infection || The {{w|Global Campaign for Microbicides}} is established as a non-profit organization which promotes the development and use of microbicides to improve health.<ref>{{cite web |title=1987-97 : Building a Movement |url=http://www.global-campaign.org/mission.htm |website=global-campaign.org |accessdate=11 July 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1998 || Surveillance || Microbial infection || The [[w:EARS-Net|European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System]] is established.<ref>{{cite web |title=European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control |url=https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/about-us/networks/disease-networks-and-laboratory-networks/ears-net-about |website=ecdc.europa.eu |accessdate=24 July 2020}}</ref> ||
