Infection Prevention (eBook)

New Perspectives and Controversies

Gonzalo Bearman, Silvia Munoz-Price, Daniel J. Morgan, Rekha K. Murthy (Herausgeber)

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2017 | 1st ed. 2018
XII, 315 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-60980-5 (ISBN)

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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 on

infection 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 the

field, 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.

Gonzalo Bearman MD, MPH
Richard P. Wenzel Professor of Medicine-Chair, Division of Infectious Diseases/ Hospital Epidemiologist
Infectious Diseases/ Epidemiology
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
1300 East Marshall Street
PO BOX 980019
Richmond, Virginia 23298, United States of America
T: [phone]
F: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

 

L. Silvia Munoz-Price, MD, PhD
Enterprise Epidemiologist
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine-Division of Infectious Diseases
Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin
Froedtert Hospital
9200 W Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, United States of America
T: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

 

Daniel J Morgan, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Chief Hospital Epidemiologist
Epidemiology, Public Health and Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine and Baltimore VA Medical Center
10 S. Pine Street
MSTF 334
Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States of America
T: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Inhalt

Ch. 1: HAI Controversies: Contact Precautions   Elise Martin, Zachary Rubin, Rekha K. Murthy   Ch. 2: Hand Hygiene Monitoring Technologies: Implementation and Outcomes               Claudia Denisse Jarrin Tejada   Ch. 3: Universal Glove and Gown Use for the prevention of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE)               Lindsay Croft, Daniel J. Morgan   Ch. 4: Isolation Precautions for Visitors to Healthcare Settings   Maroun Sfeir, Matthew S. Simon, David Banach   Ch. 5: Bacterial contamination of the anesthesia work area: hands, patients, and things   Derya Mahmutoglu, L. Silvia Munoz-Price   Ch. 6: Infection Control in the Outpatient Setting   John Daniel Markley, Michael P. Stevens   Ch. 7: New Technologies for Infection Prevention   Michelle Doll, Michael P. Stevens, Gonzalo Bearman   Ch. 8: What is the Role of Mobile No-touch Disinfection Technology in Optimizing Healthcare Environmental Hygiene?   Philip C. Carling   Ch. 9: Universal MRSA/Staphylococcal Decolonization for Hospitalized Patients   Edward J Septimus               Ch. 10: Staphylococcal Decolonization in Surgery Patients                           Andrew Ludwig, E. Patchen Dellinger               Ch. 11: The Surgical Care Improvement Project redux: Should CMS revive process of care measures for prevention of surgical site infections?   Deborah S. Yokoe               Ch. 12: Healthcare Worker Apparel and Infection Prevention                           Salma Muhammad Abbas, Gonzalo Bearman                Ch. 13: Antimicrobial Textiles and Infection Prevention – Clothes and Inanimate Environment   Rachel H. McQueen, Briana Ehnes               Ch. 14: Multidrug Resistant Gram Negative Bacilli - Infection Prevention Considerations   Oryan Henig, David E. Katz, Dror Marchaim               Ch. 15: Active surveillance cultures for MRSA, VRE, Multidrug Resistant Gram- negatives   Amar Krishna, Teena Chopra               Ch. 16: C. difficile Microbiome manipulation                           Jenna Wick, Tinzar Basein, Shira Doron               Ch. 17: Air Contamination in the Hospital Environment   Luis A. Shimose, Eriko Masuda, Ana Berbel Caban, L. Silvia Munoz-Price               Ch. 18: Vertical versus horizontal infection control interventions                           Salma Muhammad Abbas, Michelle Doll, Michael P. Stevens               Ch. 19: The Role of the Hospital Epidemiologist                           Kristina A. Bryant               Ch. 20: Whole Genome Sequencing for Outbreak Investigation                           Tara N. Palmore               Ch. 21: Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Preparedness   Angela Hewlett, Angela M. Vasa, Theodore J. Cieslak, John J. Lowe, Shelly Schwedhelm               Ch. 22: Probiotics and Infection Prevention                           Whitney Perry, Shira Doron               Ch. 23: Animals in Healthcare Settings                           Rekha K. Murthy, Vivek Pandrangi, David J. Weber               Ch. 24: Decolonization in Infection Control of Gram-negative Bacilli                           David Thomas, David Banach               Ch. 25: Testing water for Legionella Prevention                           Brooke K. Decker, Cornelius J. Clancy               Ch. 26: The importance of C. difficile colonization on infection prevention                           Natalia Blanco, Surbhi Leekha               Ch. 27: Mandatory Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Personnel                           Bryan D. Harris, Thomas R. Talbot               Ch. 28: Controversies in Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance                           Geetika Sood, Surbhi Leekha               Ch. 29: Chlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing Outside the Intensive Care Unit                           Megan Buller, Kyle J. Popovich               Ch. 30: Airborne Precautions and Personal Protective Equipment: The Powered Air-Purifying Respirator-Only Approach   Pranavi V. Sreeramoju, Jose Cadena               Ch. 31: Donning and Doffing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Is Training Necessary?   Michelle Doll, Michael P. Stevens, Gonzalo Bearman               Ch. 32: Rapid Diagnostics in Infection Prevention                           Sara Revolinski, Angela M. Huang, Allison Gibble

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.9.2017
• Zusatzinfo: XII, 315 p. 9 illus., 6 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Allgemeinmedizin
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Notfallmedizin
• Schlagworte: Controversial topics in infectious diseases • Healthcare quality improvement • hospital epidemiology • infection prevention • Infectious Diseases • patient safety
• ISBN-10: 3-319-60980-7 / 3319609807
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-60980-5 / 9783319609805