Infection Prevention New Perspectives and Controversies /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Bearman, Gonzalo (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Munoz-Price, Silvia (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Morgan, Daniel J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Murthy, Rekha K. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Infectious diseases.; Practice of medicine.; Public health.; General practice (Medicine).; Emergency medicine.; Infectious Diseases.; Practice and Hospital Management.; Public Health.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Emergency Medicine.

 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 on infection 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 the field, 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. 

 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 and Doffing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Is Training Necessary? -- Rapid Diagnostics in Infection Prevention.