Practical Healthcare Epidemiology

Herausgeber: Lautenbach, Ebbing; Woeltje, Keith F.; Malani, Preeti N.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A clear, hands-on outline of best practices for infection prevention that directly improve patient outcomes across the healthcare continuum.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1400g
• ISBN-13: 9781107153165
• ISBN-10: 1107153166
• Artikelnr.: 48812318

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: an introduction to practical hospital epidemiology Ebbing
Lautenbach, Preeti N. Malani, Jennifer H. Han, Jonas Marschall, Emily K.
Shuman and Keith Woeltje; Part I. Getting Started: 1. Ethical aspects of
infection prevention Loreen A. Herwaldt and Lauris C. Kaldjian; 2. The
infection control committee David A. Pegues; 3. Product evaluation David A.
Pegues; 4. The business case for healthcare epidemiology and antimicrobial
stewardship Eli N. Perencevich; 5. Quality improvement in healthcare
epidemiology Mohamad G. Fakih, Susan MacArthur and Louise-Marie Dembry;
Part II. Infection Prevention Basics: 6. Epidemiogic methods in infection
control Jeffrey S Gerber; 7. Isolation Daniel J. Morgan and Gonzalo M. L.
Bearman; 8. Disinfection and sterilization in health-care facilities
William A. Rutala and David J. Weber; 9. Improving hand hygiene in
healthcare settings Katherine D. Ellingson and Janet P. Haas; 10. Basics of
surveillance - an overview (also discuss electronic) Kathleen A. Gase; 11.
Outbreak investigations Alison Laufer Halpin, Alice Y. Guh and Alexander J.
Kallen; Part III. Major HAI Categories - Surveillance and Prevention: 12.
Urinary tract infection Emily K. Shuman; 13. Ventilator-associated events
Michael Klompas; 14. Basics of surgical site infection. Surveillance and
prevention Deverick J. Anderson and Trish M. Perl; 15. Surveillance and
prevention of infections associated with vascular catheters Walter Zingg
and Jonas Marschall; Part IV. Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms: 16.
Control of gram-positive multidrug-resistant pathogens Trevor C. Van
Schooneveld and Mark E. Rupp; 17. Control of gram-negative
multidrug-resistant pathogens Pranita Tamma; 18. Clostridium difficile
infection Erik Dubberke and Jennifer Kwon; 19. Antimicrobial stewardship
Sharon Tsay and Keith Hamilton; Part V. Special Settings: 20. Infection
prevention in resource-limited settings Jennifer Han and Nimalie Stone; 21.
Infection prevention in the outpatient setting Sarah S. Lewis and Rebekah
W. Moehring; 22. Infection control with limited resources Anucha
Apisarnthanarak and Virgina Roth; Part VI. Special Topics: 23. The role of
the laboratory in prevention of healthcare associated infections Michael A.
Pfaller and Daniel J. Diekema; 24. Biological disasters Sandro Cinti and
Eden Wells; 25. Exposure workups David Banach, Hilary Babcock and
Louise-Marie Dembry; 26. Employee health and infection control Tara N.
Palmore and David K. Henderson; 27. Tuberculosis infection control in
healthcare settings Henry M. Blumberg; 28. Patient safety Darren R. Linkin
and P. J. Brennan; 29. Infection prevention in design, renovation, and
construction Loie Ruhl Couch, Loreen A. Herwaldt and Linda L. Dickey; 30.
Regulatory issues Steve Weber and Pranavi Sreeramoju.