Infection Prevention and Control in Healthcare Settings

ISBN-13: 9781119842590 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023

E Purssell

Spis treści

ForewordPreface1 The Chain of Infection and Main Groups of Micro-organisms Causing Infection2 Applying the Principles of Evidence-based Practice to Infection Prevention and Control3 Immunity: Response of the Body to Infection4 The Microbiology Laboratory5 Antimicrobial Drugs6 Policies and Protocols for Infection Prevention and Control7 Healthcare-associated Infection8 Urinary Tract Infection9 Wound Infections10 Respiratory Infections11 Infections Associated with Intravascular Devices12 Gastrointestinal Infections13 Infection from Blood and Body Fluids14 Sexually Transmitted Infections15 Epidemiology and the Role of Public Health in the Prevention and Control of Infectious DiseaseIndex

O autorze

Edward Purssell is Associate Professor of Children's Nursing, Anglia Ruskin University, UK, with a professional interest in infectious diseases.Dinah Gould is an independent consultant specialising in infection prevention and control, and an honorary chair at City, University of London.