Infection prevention and control in healthcare settings / Edward Purssell, Dinah Gould.

By: Purssell, Edward [author.]
Contributor(s): Gould, Dinah [author.]
Language: English Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: x, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781119842590; 111984259XSubject(s): Communicable diseases -- Prevention | Public health | Health facilities | Cross Infection -- prevention & control | Infection Control -- methods | Disease Transmission, Infectious | Microbiological Phenomena | Health Facilities | Public HealthDDC classification: 362.1969 LOC classification: RA643 | .P87 2023
Contents:
The chain of infection and main groups of micro-organisms causing infection -- Applying the principles of evidence-based practice to infection prevention and control -- Immunity : response of the body to infection -- The microbiology laboratory -- Antimicrobial drugs -- Policies and protocols for infection prevention and control -- Healthcare-associated infection -- Urinary tract infection -- Wound infections -- Respiratory infections -- Infections associated with intravascular devices -- Gastrointestinal infections -- Infection from blood and body fluids -- Sexually transmitted infections -- Epidemiology and the role of public health in the prevention and control of infectious disease.
Summary: "This book offers an accessible, authoritative introduction to all aspects of infection prevention and control in hospital and community settings. It is aimed at student nurses, other student health professionals and those who teach these groups in classroom and practice settings. The book also provides a key resource for the many practitioners needing to update their knowledge, especially in the aftermath of COVID-19"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The chain of infection and main groups of micro-organisms causing infection -- Applying the principles of evidence-based practice to infection prevention and control -- Immunity : response of the body to infection -- The microbiology laboratory -- Antimicrobial drugs -- Policies and protocols for infection prevention and control -- Healthcare-associated infection -- Urinary tract infection -- Wound infections -- Respiratory infections -- Infections associated with intravascular devices -- Gastrointestinal infections -- Infection from blood and body fluids -- Sexually transmitted infections -- Epidemiology and the role of public health in the prevention and control of infectious disease.

"This book offers an accessible, authoritative introduction to all aspects of infection prevention and control in hospital and community settings. It is aimed at student nurses, other student health professionals and those who teach these groups in classroom and practice settings. The book also provides a key resource for the many practitioners needing to update their knowledge, especially in the aftermath of COVID-19"-- Provided by publisher.

About the Author
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.

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