Infection Control in Healthcare
Nelson Thornes Ltd (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 1. August 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-7487-3318-7 (ISBN)
Description
A text on hospital-acquired infection which includes coverage of drug-resistant bacteria such as MRSA, how the points of infection control can be used effectively for day surgery and short-stay patients, and the role of infection control in the community-orientated health-care system.
A text on hospital-acquired infection which includes coverage of drug-resistant bacteria such as MRSA, how the points of infection control can be used effectively for day surgery and short-stay patients, and the role of infection control in the community-orientated health-care system.
A text on hospital-acquired infection which includes coverage of drug-resistant bacteria such as MRSA, how the points of infection control can be used effectively for day surgery and short-stay patients, and the role of infection control in the community-orientated health-care system.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
40 b&w line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 243 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7487-3318-7 (9780748733187)
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Persons
Author
Infection Control Unit, Freemantle Hospital, Australia
Infection Control Nurse, Infection Surveillance Unit, Central Public Health Laboratory, London
Content
Iatrogenic infections - basic facts, audit; the control of iatrogenic infections; disabling or killing microbes - characteristics and control of specific iatrogenic infections; practices in infection control; infection control in the community; infection control in other special environments; the role of service departments in infection control; what next in infection control?; appendix - definitions of infections.