Prevention and Control of Nosocomial Infections

Richard P. Wenzel (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

1008 Seiten

1997 | 3rd Revised edition
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Verlag)
978-0-683-08916-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This text provides information on the causes, prevention and implications of hospital acquired infection. It outlines the realities of the external environment affecting medical care and seeks to define new roles for infection control personnel, particularly with respect to the political and economic aspects of their jobs. The book attempts to cover all areas of infectious diseases in the hospital.

Inhalt

Section 1 Perspectives: the control of infections in hospitals - 1750-1950; cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis in infection control; the modern infection control practitioner; heath care reform and the hospital epidemiologist in the US. Section 2 Management: regulatory, accreditation, and professional agencies; influencing infection control programs; controversies in isolation policies and practices; organizing for infection control with limited resources; microbiology: the role of the clinical laboratory; health psychology. Section 3 Epidemiology methods: surveillance, reporting and use of computers; what to do about high endemic rates of infection; epidemics: identification and management; design and analytical issues in studies of infectious diseases; statistics in infection control studies. Section 4 Special locations: outpatient/out of hospital care issues; infection contra issues in same-day surgery; extended care facilities. Section 5 Special problems: the threat of antibiotic resistance; optimal use of antibiotics; multidrug resistant enterococci and the threat of vancomycin-resistant staphylococcus aurous; epidemiology of nosocomial tuberculosis. Section 6 Protecting employees: protecting employees from injury and infection; management of exposures to infections. Section 7 Environmental issues: hospital environment for high-risk patients; environment issues and nosocomial infections; the operating theatre: a special environment area; disinfection, sterilization and waste disposal; the hospital and pollution: role of the hospital epidemiologist in protecting the environment; laboratory-acquired infections; infectious biohazards associated with laboratory animal research; nosocomial infections related to patient care support. Section 8 Preventing specific infections: handwashing, hand disinfestation, and skin disinfestation; nosocomial blood stream infections; IV-related infections; nosocomial pneumonia; urinary tract infections; surgical infections including burns; perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis; infection in implantable prosthetic devices; nosocomial gastrointestinal infections; uncommon infections of the eye; prevention and control of nosocomial infections in obstetrics and gynaecology. Section 9 Special patients: infection in the newborn; the paediatric patient; the elderly; solid-organ transplant patients; bone marrow transplant patients; the AIDS patient; protecting recipients from blood and blood products.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.1997
• Zusatzinfo: 104 illustrations, index
• Verlagsort: Philadelphia
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 178 x 254 mm
• Gewicht: 2420 g
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
• ISBN-10: 0-683-08916-1 / 0683089161
• ISBN-13: 978-0-683-08916-5 / 9780683089165
• Zustand: Neuware