Infection Control and Safety
Infection Control and Safety

Author: Mark Zelman

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 2013-03-07

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 9780133045666

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For infection control and safety courses in programs training medical assistants, surgical assistants, dental hygienists, radiologic technologists and technicians, and other healthcare professionals. This text will also support courses in medical office assisting, and clinical and/or laboratory safety, and is an ideal professional reference and continuing education resource. This engaging and accessible text introduces the modern principles and practice of infection control and safety for clinics, ambulatory settings, and laboratories. Beyond infection control, INFECTION CONTROL AND SAFETY takes a comprehensive view of safety hazards facing healthcare professionals, also offering current, credible, and relevant information about best practices in chemical and radiation safety. Topics include: agencies and standards pertaining to infection control and safety; infectious diseases and healthcare-associated infections; blood-borne pathogens; prevention; post-exposure prophylaxis, and much more. Appendices address reportable diseases, healthcare-associated infections, and reproductive health hazards. Case studies in each chapter challenge the reader to apply the material to realistic scenarios. Chapters are also supplemented with Words of Warning! and Work Safe! boxed features highlighting special infection control topics. This text is supported by exceptionally high-quality instructor slides, IM, and test banks.

Infection Prevention
Infection Prevention

Author: Gonzalo Bearman

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-09-07

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 3319609807

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This book reviews evolving areas in infection prevention on topics including contact precautions, technology implementation, specific infections, and care in various settings. The book summarizes the current data oninfection prevention, presents controversies on the various topics, and includes recommendations for patient safety. Addressing hot topics such as MRSA, C. difficile vaccination, mandatory flu vaccines, and CLABSI, this is the only text to include prevention and control overviews across a range of infection issues. Written by experts in thefield, this book contains 32 chapters that educates and presents the most cutting-edge models of care on emerging and evolving topics in infectious diseases. Infection Prevention: New Perspectives and Controversies is a valuable resource for infection prevention professionals, healthcare quality and safety professionals, caring for patients in in- and outpatient settings.

Manual of Infection Control Procedures
Manual of Infection Control Procedures

Author: N. N. Damani

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9781841101071

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Provides a comprehensive overview of the main aspects of infection control, and gives practical, evidence-based recommendations.

Prevention and Control of Infections in Hospitals
Prevention and Control of Infections in Hospitals

Author: Bjørg Marit Andersen

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-02-25

Total Pages: 1090

ISBN-13: 3319999214

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This volume offers extensive information on preventive and infection surveillance procedures, routines and policies adapted to the optimal infection control level needed to tackle today’s microbes in hospital practice. It especially focuses on preventive measures for serious hospital infections. Each chapter includes a practical section that addresses the main aspects of procedures and treatment, and a theoretical section that contains updated documentation that can be used for further study, or to help select infection control measures. Infection control concerns all healthcare professional working directly or indirectly with patients; in diagnosis, treatment, isolation measures, operations, equipment, drugs, cleaning, textiles, transport, porter service, food and water, building and maintenance, etc. Hygiene and environmental control is central to infection prevention for patients, visitors and staff alike. Good hygienic practices, individual infection control, well implemented and frequent environmental cleaning, and a high professional standard of hygiene in the treatment and care of patients, are essential to patient safety and a safe working environment. Addressing this essential topic, this book is intended for doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers, students in health-related subjects, hospital managers and health bureaucrats, as well as patients and their families.

Natural Ventilation for Infection Control in Health-care Settings
Natural Ventilation for Infection Control in Health-care Settings

Author: Y. Chartier

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9241547855

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This guideline defines ventilation and then natural ventilation. It explores the design requirements for natural ventilation in the context of infection control, describing the basic principles of design, construction, operation and maintenance for an effective natural ventilation system to control infection in health-care settings.

Patient Safety and Quality
Patient Safety and Quality

Author: Ronda Hughes

Publisher: Department of Health and Human Services

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13:

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"Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/

Infection Prevention and Control
Infection Prevention and Control

Author: Debbie Weston

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-04-30

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780470723708

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This book provides the reader with all of the background information necessary to enhance their understanding of the rationale behind the basic principles of infection control and how to apply them in every day situations; how specific bacteria interact with the host and cause infection; the background to each of the bacteria/infections described within the text, and, evidence based recommendations on the infection control management of these.