Manual of Infection Control Procedures
Published on 9. January 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
234 pages
978-1-900151-28-3 (ISBN)
Description
Despite the sophistication of hospital-based treatments, the threat of hospital-acquired infection, to both patients and staff, remains a major problem. This work provides practical strategies for the prevention of infection in the hospital environment by setting out step by step procedures which represent "best" infection control practice. This is aimed at medical microbiologists, infection control doctors and nurses, consultants in communicable disease control, hospital clinicians. and those involved in the management, practice and teaching of infection control.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cambridge University Press
Target group
College/higher education
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Paperback (trade)
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Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
452 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-900151-28-3 (9781900151283)
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Content
Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Glossary of Infection Control Terms. 1: Basic Concepts in Infection Control. 2: Organization of Infection Control Programme. 3: Management of a Major Outbreak. 4: Isolation Policy for patients with Infectious Disease. Modes of Transmission. Categories of Isolation. Isolation precautions for Individual Categories. List of Notifiable Diseases in the UK. Incubation Periods. 5: Disinfection Policy. Principles and Methods of Disinfection and Sterilization. Antimicrobial Activity of Chemical; Disinfectants. Disinfection Procedures for Individual Items of Equipment. Procedure for Cleaning and Disinfection of Flexible Fibreoptic Endoscopes. Decontamination of Infectious Spills. Decontamination and Cleaning of Suction Equipment. Decontamination of Equipment Prior to Inspection, Service or Repair. 6: Prevention of Infections caused by specific Pathogens. Methicillin Resistant Staph. aureus (MRSA). Mengococcal infection. Tuberculosis. Gastrointestinal infections. Varicella zoster. Clostridium difficile. Legionella. Multiply antiobiotic resistant Gram-negative bacilli. Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers. Rabies. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Human Infestations. Pest Control