Infection Management for Geriatrics in Long-Term Care Facilities

Thomas T. Yoshikawa, Joseph G. Ouslander (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

520 Seiten

2002
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8247-0784-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Contains the guidelines to evaluate fever and infection in residents of long-term care environments. This book presents methods to establish infection control programs; offers techniques to combat drug-resistant organisms; and more. It is for geriatricians, gerontologists, primary care physicians, epidemiologists, virologists, and others.

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Contains the most recent guidelines to evaluate fever and infection in residents of long-term care environments.

Infection Management for Geriatrics in Long-Term Care Facilities
provides numerous figures and tables for quick access to key concepts

presents methods to establish infection control programs

offers techniques to combat drug-resistant organisms

discusses modern procedures to avoid the spread of diseases such as influenza, pneumonia, tuberculosis, herpes zoster, scabies, infectious diarrheas, and hepatitis

lists the most relevant and current references for each topic
Exploring topics critical to the improvement of managed care for the elderly, Infection Management for Geriatrics in Long-Term Care Facilities is a timely guide for geriatricians, gerontologists, primary care physicians, epidemiologists, virologists, physiologists, internists, pharmacists, nursing home directors and administrators, infection control practitioners, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

Inhalt

Principles of Aging, Long-Term Care, and Infection

Demographics and Economics of Long-Term Care
Jefferson Lesesne and Joseph G. Ouslander
Evaluation of Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities Versus Acute Care Hospitals
Andrew D. Weinberg
Epidemiology and Special Aspects of Infectious Diseases in Aging
Thomas T. Yoshikawa
Impact of Age and Chronic Illness-Related Immune Dysfunction on Risk of Infections
Steven C. Castle
Nutrition and Infection
Kevin P. High
Clinical Manifestations of Infections
Dean C. Norman
Ethical Issues of Infectious Disease Interventions
Elizabeth L. Cobbs
Nursing Management of Infections
Donna L. Barton and Janet D. Register
Establishing an Infection Control Program
Janet Nau Franck, Elizabeth Owens Schwab, and David W. Bentley
Epidemiologic Investigation of Infectious Disease Outbreaks
Chesley L. Richards, Jr., and William R. Jarvis
An Approach to Antimicrobial Therapy
Shobita Rajagopalan, Jay P. Rho, and Thomas T. Yoshikawa

Special Infectious Disease Problems

Urinary Tract Infection
Lindsay E. Nicolle
Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
Ghinwa Dumyati and Ann R. Falsey
Pneumonia and Bronchitis
Joseph M. Mylotte
Tuberculosis
Shobita Rajagopalan
Infected Pressure Ulcers
Nigel Livesley and Anthony W. Chow
Herpes Zoster, Cellulitis, and Scabies
Kenneth Schmader and Jack Twersky
Infectious Diarrhea
Abbasi J. Akhtar
Hepatitis
Darrell W. Harrington and Peter V. Barrett
Vaccinations
Stefan Gravenstein

Emerging and Drug-Resistant Pathogens

Pathogenesis and Molecular Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance
Robert A. Bonomo
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Larry J. Strausbaugh
Vancomycin (Glycopeptide)-Resistant Enterococci
Lona Mody, Shelly A. McNeil, and Suzanne F. Bradley
Gram-Negative Bacteria
Vinod K. Dhawan
Candida and Other Fungi
Carol A. Kauffman and Sara A

Produkt-Details

• Reihe/Serie: Infectious Disease and Therapy
• Verlagsort: Bosa Roca
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 216 x 279 mm
• Gewicht: 816 g
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Altenpflege
• ISBN-10: 0-8247-0784-2 / 0824707842
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8247-0784-2 / 9780824707842
• Zustand: Neuware