| Description |
xv, 466 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Getting started -- Practical hospital epidemiology: an introduction / Ebbing Lautenbach, Preeti N. Malani, and Keith F. Woeltje -- How to get paid for healthcare epidemiology: a practical guide / Daniel J. Sexton and Russell M. Petrak -- Ethical aspects of infection control / Loreen A. Herwaldt and Lauris C. Kaldjian -- Epidemiologic methods in infection control / Ebbing Lautenbach -- Quality improvement in healthcare epidemiology / Susan MacArthur, Frederick M. Browne, and Louise-Marie Dembry -- Isolation / Michael Edmond and Gonzalo M. L. Bearman -- Disinfection and sterilization in healthcare facilities / William A. Rutala and David J. Weber -- Twenty-first century microbiology laboratory support for healthcare-associated infection control and prevention / Lance R. Peterson, and Marc Oliver Wright -- Molecular typing systems / Jeffrey Hafkin, Laura Chandler, and Joel Maslow -- Informatics for infection prevention / Keith F. Woeltje and Anne M. Butler -- |
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Government mandates and infection control / Stephen G. Weber -- Product evaluation / William M. Valenti -- Infection prevention in construction and renovation / Loie Ruhl and Loreen A. Herwaldt |
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Improving hand hygiene in healthcare settings / John M. Boyce and Didier Pittet -- Biological disaster preparedness / Sandro Cinti and Eden Wells -- Exposure workups / Louise-Marie Dembry ... [et al.] -- Employee health and occupational medicine / Tara N. Palmore and David K. Henderson -- Tuberculosis infection control in healthcare settings / Henry M. Blumberg -- Infection control in long-term care facilities / Lindsay E. Nicolle -- Infection prevention and control in the outpatient setting / Deborah M. Nihill and Tammy Lundstrom -- Infection prevention in resource-limited settings / Anucha Apisarnthanarak, M. Cristina Ajenjo, and Virginia R. Roth -- Infection control and patient safety / Darren R. Linkin and P. J. Brennan -- Administrative issues -- Administering an infection prevention program / Virgina R. Roth and Mark Loeb -- An overview of important regulatory and accreditating agencies / Judene Bartley ... [et al.] -- |
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Surveillance and prevention -- Surveillance: an overview / Trish M. Perl and Romanee Chaiwarith -- Outbreak investigations / Arjun Srinivasan and William R. Jarvis -- Urinary tract infection / Eric Cober, Emily K. Shuman, and Carol E. Chenoweth -- Preventing hospital-acquired pneumonia / Emily K. Shuman and Carol E. Chenoweth -- Basics of surgical site infection surveillance and prevention / Lisa L. Maragakis and Trish M. Perl -- Surveillance and prevention of infections associated with vascular catheters / Werner E. Bischoff -- Antimicrobial-resistant organisms -- Control of gram-positive multidrug-resistant pathogens / Trevor van Schooneveld and Mark E. Rupp -- Control of antibiotic-resistant gram-negative pathogens / Anthony Harris and Kerri Thom -- Clostridium difficile infection / Natasha Bagdasarian and Preeti N. Malani -- Improving use of antimicrobial agents / Robert A. Duncan and Kenneth R. Lawrence -- Special topics -- |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Epidemiology -- Methodology.
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| Author |
Lautenbach, Ebbing, editor
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Malani, Preeti N., editor
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Woeltje, Keith F., editor
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| LC no. |
2009045566 |
| ISBN |
0226471020 |
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9780226471020 |
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9780226471044 |
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