Prevention and Control of Infections in Hospitals Practice and Theory /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Andersen, Bjørg Marit (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Health promotion.; Practice of medicine.; Nursing administration.; Epidemiology.; Infectious diseases.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Practice and Hospital Management.; Nursing Management.; Infectious Diseases.

This volume offers extensive information on preventive and infection surveillance procedures, routines and policies adapted to the optimal infection control level needed to tackle today's microbes in hospital practice. It especially focuses on preventive measures for serious hospital infections...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI), registering and prevalence
• Microbes and ways of transmission
• Antimicrobials and resistance
• Tracing and prevention of infections
• Prevention of infections in Healthcare workers (HCW)
• Hand hygiene and the use of gloves
• Protection of Airways
• Isolation to protect against microbial transmission
• Care of patients; patient hygiene, mouth hygiene, treatment of wounds etc.
• Protection against airborne infections; ventilator equipments: use, cleaning and disinfection; ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) etc.
• Prevention of postoperative wound infections
• Surgical hand disinfection
• Operation department- prevention of infections
• Treatment of operation wounds and drains
• Peritoneal dialysis
• Hemodialysis
• Catheter-associated, bloodborne infections
• Prevention of urinary tract infections
• Protection of premature and newborne against infections
• Intensive patient treatment - prevention of infections
• Cystic fibrosis - infections and preventive measures
• Important patient information before admission
• Import infections, unknown infection - preventive measures
• HCW exposed for infections
• Preventing transmission in healthcare institutions
• Disinfection of instruments and equipment
• Disinfection of endoscopes and other special equipment
• Sterilization
• Medicine room; hygiene and infection control
• Cleaning of patient rooms and departments
• Disinfection of rooms and areas
• Textiles; wash, control, transport and store
• Patient beds; wash, control, transport and store
• Human-biological waste; treatment, storing cleaning, control
• Ambulances in acute medicine and other transport of patients
• Food and other nourishment; service, dishwashing and control of hygiene
• Water and water systems in hospitals
• Technical and medical-technical equipment - infection control
• Laboratory medicine - infection control
• Building, arrange and establish on wards/departments
• Intern hygiene control - check list
• Dangerous microbes - preparedness in hospitals
• Resources for infection control work in hospitals.