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Decontamination in hospitals and healthcare /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Woodhead Publishing,
[2020]
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
| Colección: | Woodhead Publishing series in biomaterials.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Notas: | Previous edition: 2014. 1. The importance of decontamination in hospitals and healthcare -- 2. The history of decontamination in hospitals -- 3. Quality and supply of water used in hospitals -- 4. Control of Legionella in hosptial potable water systems -- 5. Waterborne transmission of Pseudomonas aeruginosa -- 6 Mycobacteria chimaera infections and their transmission from heater-cooler units -- 7 Decontamination of hand washbasins and traps in hospitals -- 8 Infection control in Europe -- 9 The role of the nurse in decontamination -- 10 The role of protective clothing in healthcare and its decontamination -- 11 Cleaning and decontamination of the healthcare environment -- 12 Biocides and decontamination agents including sporicides for decontamination in hospitals -- 13 The role of antimicrobial surfaces in hospitals to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) -- 14 Use of gaseous decontamination technologies for wards and isolation rooms in hospitals and healthcare settings -- 15 An overview of automated room disinfection systems: When to use them and how to choose them -- 16 Testing strategies and international standards for disinfectants -- 17 The role of standards in decontamination -- 18 Decontamination of prions -- 19 Decontamination of dental devices in the hospital and general dental practice setting -- 20 An overview of current surgical instrument and other medical device decontamination practices -- 21 Efficacy of current and novel cleaning technologies (ProReveal) for assessing protein contamination on surgical instruments -- 22 Decontamination of flexible endoscopes -- 23 Sterilization of flexible endoscopes -- 24 Future trends in decontamination in hospitals and healthcare |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 0081025661 9780081025666 |