cover image - Infection Control in Clinical Practice Updated Edition Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780702076992
Copyright: 2019
Publication Date: 01-15-2019
Page Count: 448
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $34.99

Infection Control in Clinical Practice Updated Edition Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 3rd Edition

by Jennie Wilson, PhD MSc BSc(Hons) RGN MFPH(Hon)

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cover image - Infection Control in Clinical Practice Updated Edition Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780702076992
Copyright: 2019
Publication Date: 01-15-2019
Page Count: 448
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $34.99
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Infection control is a major issue in clinical practice. The revised third edition of this highly successful book provides a comprehensive guide to the principles and practice of infection control and prevention, and the basic elements of microbiology and epidemiology that underpin them.

The contents are firmly based in clinical practice and are relevant to both hospital and community settings. The information is research-based and extensively referenced and therefore provides an invaluable resource for evidence-based practice. Presentation is clear, concise and accessible to a wide audience including diploma and degree course students, nurses and allied health professionals working in clinical settings, and infection control specialists.
  • Section 1: Principles
    Introduction to Microbiology
    Understanding the microbiology laboratory
    The epidemiology of infection and strategies for prevention
    The immune system and the immunocompromised patient
    A guide to antimicrobial chemotherapy
    Micro-organisms and their control

    Section 2: Practice
    Standard infection control precautions
    Preventing wound infection
    Preventing infection associated with intravascular therapy
    Preventing infection associated with urethral catheters
    Preventing infection of the respiratory tract
    Preventing gastrointestinal infection
    Cleaning, disinfection and sterilization
    Management of the infectious patient
    Ectoparasitic infections and environmental infestations

  • Jennie Wilson, PhD MSc BSc(Hons) RGN MFPH(Hon), Professor of Healthcare Epidemiology, College of Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare, University of West London, UK
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