Hospital Infection Control for Nurses

Par 1 Infection in hospitals: history - the background; basic facts - colonization and infection, frequency and types of infection in hospitals, distribution of infections, microbial causes of infections, sources and vectors of infections, surveys and trials. Part 2 The control of infection in hospitals: introduction to, history, and the organization and delivery of infection control; the different infections - urinary tract infections, wound infections, respiratory tract infections, other infections; practices in infection control - care of the hands, catheters and other tubes; isolation, dressing surgical wounds, wearing masks, disabling or killing microbes, re-using disposables, waste and its disposal; special environments - operating departments, intensive care units, burns units, wet environments; service departments - occupational health, staff vaccination and safety, central sterile supply, kitchens, laundry, domestic cleaning; what future for infection control? Appendix: Definitions of infections.