Practical Healthcare Epidemiology (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Lautenbach, Ebbing

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Practical Healthcare Epidemiology takes a hands-on approach to infection prevention for physicians, healthcare epidemiologists, infection preventionists, microbiologists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. Increased regulatory requirements and patient knowledge and involvement has elevated patient safety, healthcare-associated infections, antibiotic stewardship and quality-of-care to healthcare wide issues. This fully updated new edition brings together the expertise of leaders in healthcare epidemiology to provide best practice expert guidance on infection prevention for adult and pediatric patients in all types of healthcare facilities, from community hospitals and academic institutions, to long-term care and resource limited settings. Written in clear, straightforward terms to address prevention planning and immediate responses to specific situations, this is the go-to resource for any practitioners in medicine or public health involved in infection prevention, regardless of their current expertise in the field.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108340823
• Artikelnr.: 53071313

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.