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Maintaining a high index of suspicion, along with early identification and prompt isolation procedures of patients with these conditions can greatly reduce the likelihood of transmission. We review the presenting features and recommended infection prevention practices for six transmissible infectious diseases known to pose risks to patients, staff and visitors: scabies, tuberculosis, respiratory viruses, varicella zoster virus,\n                    <jats:italic>Clostridioides difficile<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and syphilis.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.56305\/001c.87912","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,1]],"date-time":"2023-10-01T07:28:10Z","timestamp":1696145290000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Practical Considerations in Hospital Infection Prevention"],"prefix":"10.56305","volume":"2","author":[{"given":"Chinonso","family":"Akuchie","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Frank","family":"Deng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Winston","family":"McCormick","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jessica","family":"Moore","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zachary","family":"Shaw","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John R","family":"Lonks","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI, USA"},{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/053exzj86","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Miriam Hospital","department":["Department of Infectious Diseases"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"35509","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,1]]},"reference":[{"issue":"16","key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1718","DOI":"10.1056\/nejmcp052784","article-title":"Clinical practices. 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