Infection Prevention and Control at a Glance

Preface vii Acknowledgements viii Part 1 Introduction to infection prevention and control 1 1 Infection prevention and control (IP&C) 2 2 Communicable diseases 6 3 Bacterial classification and structure 8 4 Bacterial virulence factors 10 5 Viral classification and structure 12 6 The innate immune response 14 7 The acquired immune response 16 8 Principles of specimen collection 18 9 The microbiology laboratory 20 10 Antibiotics and prescribing 22 11 Antimicrobial resistance 24 Part 2 The principles of infection prevention and control 27 12 The chain of infection 28 13 Vaccination 32 14 Hand hygiene 34 15 Surgical hand preparation 38 16 Personal protective equipment 41 17 Environmental cleaning and disinfection 44 18 Sharps 46 19 Aseptic non-touch technique 48 Part 3 Clinical practice aspects of IP&C 53 20 The infection prevention management of intravascular devices 54 21 Isolation and cohort nursing 56 22 Management of patients with infectious diarrhoea 58 23 Investigation and management of outbreaks 60 24 Prevention and treatment of surgical site infection 62 25 Recognition and management of sepsis 64 Part 4 Infections and infectious diseases 67 26 Bloodborne viruses 68 27 Bordetella pertussis 72 28 Campylobacter jejuni 74 29 Gram-negative carbapenemase-producing organisms, including Enterobacteriaceae 76 30 Catheter-associated urinary tract infection 78 31 Clostridium difficile: prevention and control 80 32 Community- and hospital-acquired pneumonia 82 33 Ebola virus disease 86 34 Infestation 92 35 Influenza 96 36 Invasive group A streptococcal disease 98 37 Legionella 100 38 Measles, mumps and rubella 102 39 Meningococcal disease 104 40 Norovirus 106 41 Pandemic influenza 108 42 Salmonella 110 43 Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA 112 44 Tuberculosis 116 45 Varicella zoster 120 Glossary 123 References 125 Index 134