Overview

This book reviews evolving areas in infection prevention on topics including contact precautions, technology implementation, specific infections, and care in various settings. The book summarizes the current data oninfection prevention, presents controversies on the various topics, and includes recommendations for patient safety. Addressing hot topics such as MRSA, C. difficile vaccination, mandatory flu vaccines, and CLABSI, this is the only text to include prevention and control overviews across a range of infection issues. Written by experts in thefield, this book contains 32 chapters that educates and presents the most cutting-edge models of care on emerging and evolving topics in infectious diseases. Infection Prevention: New Perspectives and Controversies is a valuable resource for infection prevention professionals, healthcare quality and safety professionals, caring for patients in in- and outpatient settings.

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Author:   Gonzalo Bearman ,  Silvia Munoz-Price ,  Daniel J. Morgan ,  Rekha K. Murthy
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Weight:   0.836kg
ISBN:  

9783319869759

ISBN 10:   3319869752
Pages:   315
Publication Date:   22 August 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

HAI Controversies: Contact Precautions.- Hand Hygiene Monitoring Technologies: Implementation and Outcomes.- Universal Glove and Gown Use for the prevention of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE).- Isolation Precautions for Visitors to Healthcare Settings.- Bacterial contamination of the anesthesia work area: hands, patients, and things.- Infection Control in the Outpatient Setting.- New Technologies for Infection Prevention.- What is the Role of Mobile No-touch Disinfection Technology in Optimizing Healthcare Environmental Hygiene?.- Universal MRSA/Staphylococcal Decolonization for Hospitalized Patients.- Staphylococcal Decolonization in Surgery Patients.- The Surgical Care Improvement Project redux: Should CMS revive process of care measures for prevention of surgical site infections?.- Healthcare Worker Apparel and Infection Prevention.- Antimicrobial Textiles and Infection Prevention – Clothes and Inanimate Environment.-Multidrug Resistant Gram Negative Bacilli - Infection Prevention Considerations.- Active surveillance cultures for MRSA, VRE, Multidrug Resistant Gram-negatives.- C. difficile Microbiome manipulation.- Air Contamination in the Hospital Environment.- Vertical versus horizontal infection control interventions.- The Role of the Hospital Epidemiologist.- Whole Genome Sequencing for Outbreak Investigation.- Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Preparedness.- Probiotics and Infection Prevention.- Animals in Healthcare Settings.- Decolonization in Infection Control of Gram-negative Bacilli.- Testing water for Legionella Prevention.- The importance of C. difficile colonization on infection prevention.- Mandatory Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Personnel.- Controversies in Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance.- Chlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing Outside the Intensive Care Unit.- Airborne Precautions and Personal Protective Equipment: The Powered Air-Purifying Respirator-Only Approach.- Donning andDoffing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Is Training Necessary?.- Rapid Diagnostics in Infection Prevention.

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Gonzalo Bearman MD, MPH Richard P. Wenzel Professor of Medicine-Chair, Division of Infectious Diseases/ Hospital Epidemiologist Infectious Diseases/ Epidemiology Virginia Commonwealth University Health System 1300 East Marshall Street PO BOX 980019 Richmond, Virginia 23298, United States of America T: (804) 828-2121 F: (804) 828-2125 Email: gonzalo.bearman@vcuhealth.org   L. Silvia Munoz-Price, MD, PhD Enterprise Epidemiologist Associate Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine-Division of Infectious Diseases Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin Froedtert Hospital 9200 W Wisconsin Ave Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, United States of America T: (414) 955-8020 Email: smunozprice@mcw.edu   Daniel J Morgan, MD, MS Associate Professor, Chief Hospital Epidemiologist Epidemiology, Public Health and Medicine University of Maryland School of Medicine and Baltimore VA Medical Center 10 S. Pine Street MSTF 334 Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States of America T: (410) 706-1734 Email: dmorgan@epi.umaryland.edu

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