Infection prevention : new perspectives and controversies /: new perspectives and controversies. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gonzalo Bearman, Silvia Munoz-Price, Daniel J. Morgan, Rekha K. Murthy, editors.
• Editors: Bearman, Gonzalo; Munoz-Price, Silvia; Morgan, Daniel J; Murthy, Rekha K
• Contents: Dedication; Contents; Contributors; 1: HAI Controversies: Contact Precautions; Introduction; Current Guideline Recommendations for Contact Precautions in Acute Care Facilities; History of Isolation Precautions; Vertical Versus Horizontal Infection Control Strategies; MRSA and the Impact of Contact Precautions; Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE); Contact Precautions for Gram-Negative Rods and Clostridium difficile; References; 2: Hand Hygiene Monitoring Technologies: Implementation and Outcomes; Introduction; Monitoring Hand Hygiene Compliance Methods for Monitoring HH Compliance Direct Observation; Measuring Product Consumption; Video Surveillance and Feedback; Electronic Surveillance and Alerts; Summary; References; 3: Universal Glove and Gown Use for the Prevention of Methicillin-­Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE); Background; Policies; Controversies (Table 3.1); Effectiveness of Universal Glove and Gown Use; Cost-Effectiveness of Universal Glove and Gown; Practical Resolutions; Future Research; Conclusions; References 4: Isolation Precautions for Visitors to Healthcare Settings Introduction; Visitors and Transmission/Outbreaks; Visitors and Standard Precautions; Hand Hygiene; Visitors and Contact Precautions; Visitors and Droplet Precautions; Influenza; Bordetella pertussis; Visitors and Airborne Precautions; Measles; Immunocompromised Visitors; Emerging Infections and Visitors to Healthcare Settings; Ethical Considerations in Isolation Precautions for Visitors to Healthcare Facilities; References; 5: Bacterial Contamination of the Anesthesia Work Area: Hands, Patients, and Things MRSA and VRE Gram-Negative Organisms; Intraoperative Anesthesia Work Area; Environmental Contamination; Hand Hygiene; Increased Surgical Site Infections and Mortality; Compliance with Cleaning and Disinfection; Conclusions and Controversies; References; 6: Infection Control in the Outpatient Setting; Introduction; Definitions; Applying the Principles of Hospital Infection Control to Outpatient Infection Control; Infrastructure; Standard Precautions; Hand Hygiene; Why Is Hand Hygiene Compliance So Poor in the Outpatient Setting?; Recommendations; Injection Practices Surveillance Regulations, Mandatory Reporting, and Monitoring; Transmission-Based Precautions; Respiratory Hygiene and Cough Etiquette; Environmental Cleaning; Medical Devices; Antimicrobial Stewardship; Medical Waste; Education of Healthcare Personnel; Risk Assessment; Special Considerations; Clostridium difficile in the Outpatient Setting; Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis; Ambulatory Surgery Centers; Dialysis Centers; Conclusions; References; 7: New Technologies for Infection Prevention; Introduction; Ultraviolet (UV) and Hydrogen Peroxide (HP) Room Disinfection Systems
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 614.4/8; Medicine; Infection -- Prevention; MEDICAL / Forensic Medicine; MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine; MEDICAL / Public Health; Infection -- Prevention; Infection Control; Occupational Diseases -- prevention & control; Primary Prevention; Medicine & Public Health; Infectious Diseases; Practice and Hospital Management; Public Health; General Practice / Family Medicine; Emergency Medicine; Medical -- Practice Management & Reimbursement; Medical -- Public Health; Medical -- Family & General Practice; Medical -- Emergency Medicine; Medical administration & management; Public health & preventive medicine; General practice; Accident & emergency medicine; Emerging infectious diseases; Family medicine; Emergency medicine; Medical -- Infectious Diseases; Infectious & contagious diseases; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319609805; 3319609807
• Related ISBNs: 9783319609782; 3319609785
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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