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Hospital epidemiology and infection control /
Thoroughly revised and updated for its Fourth Edition, a comprehensive reference on hospital epidemiology and infection control. Written by over 150 leading experts, this new edition examines every type of hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infection and addresses every issue relating to surveillance, p...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
©2012.
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| Edición: | 4th ed. |
| Colección: | LWW medical book collection.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Principles of infectious diseases epidemiology
- Modern quantitative epidemiology in the healthcare setting
- Biostatistics for healthcare epidemiology and infection control
- Principles of healthcare epidemiology
- Data collection in healthcare epidemiology
- Practical application of the principles of epidemiology to study design and data analysis
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews of the literature in healthcare epidemiology and infection control
- Investigation of outbreaks
- Pseudoinfections and pseudo-outbreaks
- Creating a culture of excellence
- Selecting improvement projects
- Conducting successful improvement projects
- Public reporting on healthcare-associated infections
- Working with the news media in public communication.
- Using the personal computer for healthcare epidemiology
- The electronic health record : An essential technology for healthcare epidemiology
- Healthcare-associated infections related to the use of intravascular devices inserted for short-term vascular access
- Healthcare-associated infections related to use of intravascular devices inserted for long-term vascular access
- Healthcare-associated bloodstream infections
- Healthcare-associated urinary tract infections
- Surgical site infections
- Healthcare-associated pneumonia
- Healthcare-associated sinusitis
- Healthcare-associated gastrointestinal tract infections
- Healthcare-associated burn wound infections
- Healthcare-associated eye infections
- Healthcare-associated central nervous system infections
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- Coagulase-negative Staphylococci
- Streptococci
- Enterococcus species
- Enterobacteriaceae
- Nonfermentative gram-negative bacilli
- Legionella
- Clostridium difficile
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Nontuberculosis mycobacteria
- Candida
- Filamentous fungi
- Influenza viruses
- Varicella-Zoster virus
- Herpes simplex virus
- Cytomegalovirus
- Cytomegalovirus
- Hepatitis viruses
- Uncommon causes of healthcare-associated infections.
- Healthcare-associated viral respiratory infections in pediatric patients
- Healthcare-associated bacterial infections of the central nervous system, upper and lower respiratory tracts, and skin in pediatric patients
- Healthcare-associated gastrointestinal tract infections in pediatric patients
- Healthcare-associated measles, mumps, rubella, and human parvovirus B19
- Healthcare-associated infections in newborn nurseries and neonatal intensive care units
- Healthcare-associated infections acquired in childcare facilities
- Healthcare-associated infections in dental, oral, and macillofacial surgery
- Healthcare-associated infections in obstetric patients
- Healthcare-associated infections in patients with spinal cord injury
- Healthcare associated infections in patients with neoplastic diseases
- Healthcare-associated infections in solid organ transplant recipients
- Infection prevention and control in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients
- Healthcare-associated infections in anesthesia
- Healthcare-associated infections that complicate invasive procedures in cardiology
- Infection risks of endoscopy
- Control of infections associated with hemodialysis
- Infections associated with peritoneal dialysis
- Infections that complicate the insertion of prosthetic devices
- Healthcare-associated infections related to respiratory therapy
- Healthcare-associated infections following transfusion of blood and blood products
- Healthcare-associated infections related to procedures performed in radiology
- Infection control in gene therapy.
- Central sterile supply
- Healthcare-associated infections and the environment
- Microbiologic sampling of the environment in healthcare facilities
- Prevention of occupationally acquired viral hepatitis in healthcare workers
- Prevention of occupationally acquired human immunodeficiency virus infection in healthcare workers
- Vaccination of healthcare workers
- Prevention of occupationally acquired diseases of healthcare workers spread by contact, droplet, or airborne routes (other than tuberculosis)
- Prevention of occupationally-acquired healthcare-associated infections in diagnostic laboratories
- Prevention of occupationally acquired infections in prehospital healthcare workers
- Prevention of occupationally-acquired infections in posthospital healthcare workers
- Selection and use of disinfectants in healthcare
- Sterilization and pasteurization in healthcare facilities
- Elements of design aimed at infection prevention and patient safety in the built environment of the healthcare facility
- Prevention of infections related to construction, renovation, and demolition in healthcare facilities
- Design and maintenance of hospital ventilation systems and the prevention of airborne healthcare-associated infections
- Mechanisms of bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents
- Antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- A methodologically focused review of the literature in healthcare epidemiology and infection control.
- Surveillance of healthcare-associated infections
- Isolation of patients with communicable diseases
- Hand washing and hand disinfection
- Education of healthcare workers in the prevention of healthcare-associated infections
- Infection control and the employee health service
- Epidemiology and prevention of healthcare-associated infections related to animals in the hospital
- Role of the microbiology laboratory and molecular epidemiology in healthcare epidemiology and infection control
- Economic analysis in healthcare epidemiology
- Legal issues in healthcare epidemiology and infection control
- Epidemiology and prevention of infections in residents of long-term care facilities
- Epidemiology and prevention of infections in home healthcare
- Infection control in countries with limited resources
- Biological terrorism : An overview
- The state and local response to bioterrorism
- Agents of bioterrorism
- Preparedness for a bioterrorist attack with smallpox.