Hospital Infections
4th Edition
Published on 24. November 1997
Book
Hardback
800 pages
978-0-316-08902-9 (ISBN)
Description
The most influential reference in the field for nearly 20 years, Hospital Infections is now in its thoroughly updated Fourth Edition. Written and edited by internationally recognized authorities -- many affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- the book is the most comprehensive and reliable guide to the recognition, management, prevention, and control of nosocomial infections. The Fourth Edition features more than 30 new contributing authors and includes new chapters on tuberculosis; the practice of epidemiology in community hospitals; the role of professional and regulatory organizations in infection control programs; and infection control in developing countries. All chapters from the previous edition have been updated. Coverage includes timely information on the challenges posed by the emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis and vancomycin-resistant enterococci . This edition also presents the latest recommendations on universal precautions and isolation systems, as well as on chemoprophylaxis for certain HIV-exposed health care workers
The most influential reference in the field for nearly 20 years, Hospital Infections is now in its thoroughly updated Fourth Edition. Written and edited by internationally recognized authorities -- many affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- the book is the most comprehensive and reliable guide to the recognition, management, prevention, and control of nosocomial infections. The Fourth Edition features more than 30 new contributing authors and includes new chapters on tuberculosis; the practice of epidemiology in community hospitals; the role of professional and regulatory organizations in infection control programs; and infection control in developing countries. All chapters from the previous edition have been updated. Coverage includes timely information on the challenges posed by the emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis and vancomycin-resistant enterococci . This edition also presents the latest recommendations on universal precautions and isolation systems, as well as on chemoprophylaxis for certain HIV-exposed health care workers
The most influential reference in the field for nearly 20 years, Hospital Infections is now in its thoroughly updated Fourth Edition. Written and edited by internationally recognized authorities -- many affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- the book is the most comprehensive and reliable guide to the recognition, management, prevention, and control of nosocomial infections. The Fourth Edition features more than 30 new contributing authors and includes new chapters on tuberculosis; the practice of epidemiology in community hospitals; the role of professional and regulatory organizations in infection control programs; and infection control in developing countries. All chapters from the previous edition have been updated. Coverage includes timely information on the challenges posed by the emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis and vancomycin-resistant enterococci . This edition also presents the latest recommendations on universal precautions and isolation systems, as well as on chemoprophylaxis for certain HIV-exposed health care workers
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
54
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 203 mm
Weight
1814 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-316-08902-9 (9780316089029)
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William R. Jarvis
Bennett and Brachman's Hospital Infections
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11/2007
5th Edition
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
€243.64
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Previous edition
John V. Bennett | Philip S. Brachman
Hospital Infections
Book
05/1992
3rd Edition
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
€151.52
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Content
Part 1 General considerations of hospital infections: epidemiology of nosocomial infections, Philip S. Brachman; the hospital epidemiologist, Bryan P. Simmons; personnel health services, Ofelia C. Tablan et al; the development of infection surveillance and control programs, Robert H. Haley; surveillance of nosocomial infections, Robert P. Gaynes; investigation of endemic and epidemic nosocomial infections, William R. Jarvis; statistical considerations for analysis of nosocomial infection data, Stanley M. Martin et al; the use of computerized systems in hospital epidemiology, Jonathan Freeman; the role of the laboratory in control of nosocomial infection, John E. McGowan Jr., Robert A. Weinstein; the practice of epidemiology in community hospitals, N. Joel Ehrenkranz; the role of professional and regulatory organizations in infection control programs, William Scheckler; the relationship between the hospital and the community, Michael D. Decker, William Schaffner; universal precautions and isolation systems, Jeffrey W. Weinstein et al; antibiotics and nosocomial infections, Theodore C. Eickoff; multiply drug-resistant pathogens - epidemiology and control, Robert A. Weinstein, Mary K. Hayden; molecular biology of resistance, Fred C. Tenover, Dennis R. Schaberg; cost-benefit analysis of infection control programs, Robert W. Haley; legal aspects of hospital infections, G. Scott Baity et al; infection control in developing countries, Samuel Ponce de Leon Rosales, M. Sigfrido Range-Frausto. Part 2 Functional areas of concern: the inanimate environment, Frank S. Rhame; central services, linens and laundry, Gina Pugliese, Cynthia A. Hubbard; foodborne disease prevention in health care facilities, Laurence Slutsker et al; clinical laboratory-acquired infections, Michael L. Wilson, L. Barth Reller; dialysis-associated infections and their control, Martin S. Favero et al; the intensive care unit, Didier Pittet, Stephanie Harbarth; the newborn nursery, Jane Siegel; the operating room, Ronald Lee Nichols; ambulatory care settings, Marguerite M. Jackson, Patricia Lynch; infections in long-term care facilities, Brenda A. Nurse, Richard A. Garibaldi. Part 3 Endemic and epidemic hospital infections: incidence and nature of endemic and epidemic nosocomial infections, William J. Martone et al; urinary tract infections, Walter E. Stamm. (Part contents).