Infection Prevention
New Perspectives and Controversies
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Beschreibung
The first edition of Infection Prevention reviewed evolving areas in infection prevention on topics including contact precautions, technology implementation, specific infections, and care in various settings. It summarized 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 successor edition will update current chapters on the most cutting-edge models of care on emerging and evolving topics in infectious diseases. It will also include new material and chapters on high-level disinfection, diagnostic test stewardship, unique pathogens units, outpatient antibiotic stewardship, outpatient antibiotic therapy, as well as a chapter on infection prevention metrics: how much can we prevent healthcare associated infections and how hard should we try.
The second edition of 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.
Discusses emerging trends and current controversies
The ultimate guide to preventing infections
Written by experts in the field
Discusses emerging trends and current controversies in infection prevention. Provides edits and updates to the previous edition, as well as the addition of new chapters. Written by experts in the field,
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Gonzalo Bearman
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Controversial topics in infectious diseases Healthcare quality improvement Hospital epidemiology Infection prevention Patient safety