Biofilms in infection prevention and control : a healthcare handbook /

Biofilms in Infection and Disease Control: A Healthcare Handbook outlines the scientific evidence and rationale for the prevention of infection, the role biofilms play in infection control, and the issues concerning their resistance to antimicrobials. This book provides practical guidance for health...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Percival, Steven L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Diego, CA : Academic Press, [2014]
Temas:
Infection > Prevention.
Bacterial diseases > Prevention.
Biofilms.
Infection Control
Biofilms
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1: Fundamentals of infection control
  • 1. Introduction to infection and infection prevention
  • 2. Infection prevention: Principles of safe practice in healthcare
  • 3. Hand hygiene
  • 4. Decontamination
  • 5. Challenges to healthcare providers
  • 6. Changing practice
  • 7. Invasive devices
  • 8. Wounds and infection
  • Part 2: Biofilms and infection control
  • 9. Biofilms: From concept to reality
  • 10. Healthcare-associated infections and biofilms
  • 11. Biofilms' role in intravascular catheter infections
  • 12. Ventilator-associated pneumonia, endotracheal tubes and biofilms
  • 13. Antimicrobial chemotherapy: Significance to healthcare
  • 14. An introduction to the biology of biofilm recalcitrance
  • 15. Microbial resistance and superbugs
  • 16. Preventing infection associated with urethral catheter biofilms
  • 17. Presence and control of Legionella pheumophila and pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms in hospital water systems
  • 18. Wound infection and biofilms.

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