title: Use of the Internet for infection control and epidemiology.
abstract: Infection control professionals are taking advantage of the Internet for the rapid transmission and distribution of information that includes sounds, still and motion images, and text to their peers, colleagues, patients, and the public. This article provides some background information on the Internet and examples of some electronic resources and offers suggestions of additional applications of the Internet for infection control and epidemiology.
authors.affiliation: Division of Extramural Programs, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sparks
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004813:Epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D016357:Infection Control Practitioners; D007255:Information Services; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012984:Software; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface