Prevention and Control of Nosocomial Infections

Summary:

Written and edited by the world’s foremost experts in hospital epidemiology, this volume is a comprehensive, up-to-date guide to the prevention and control of nosocomial infections. The book addresses the full range of crucial issues currently facing infection control practitioners, including health care economics, epidemiology methods, protection of hospital employees, and pathogenesis and control of specific infections.This Fourth Edition has been completely revised to reflect significant recent changes in the field. Coverage includes detailed discussions of modern approaches to infection control. Chapters address current problems such as antibiotic-resistant pathogens, prion diseases, and risks of infection in transplant recipients.

FEATURES:

• Provides the pathogenesis needed to effectively control infections.
• Covers economic and political aspects of infection control.
• Discusses management, epidemiology methods, protection of employees, environmental issues, and special patients.

Contents

Section I: PERSPECTIVES

• Chapter 1. Historical Perspectives for the New Millenium
• Chapter 2. Global Perspectives of Infection Control
• Chapter 3. Cost and Cost Benefit of Infection Control
• Chapter 4. Infection Control and Use of Evidence-Based Medicine
• Chapter 5. Expanded Role of the Nurse in Hospital Epidemiology
• Chapter 6. Hospital Construction¾Building Design and Modification for Infection Control
• Chapter 7. Long Term Care Issues for the 21st Century Chapter 8. Recognizing and Managing Biological Terror

Section II: INFORMATION

• Chapter 9. Infection Control and the Internet
• Chapter 10. National and International Surveillance Systems for Nosocomial Infections
• Chapter 11. Advanced Epidemiologic Methods
• Chapter 12. Useful Outcome Measures in Infection Control
• Chapter 13. Modeling Endemic and Epidemic Infections
• Chapter 14. The Potential of Telemedicine for Hospital Epidemiology
• Chapter 15. Measuring Antibiotic Use and Resistance
• Chapter 16. Design and Measurement of Staffing Patterns and Key Compliance Issues

Section III: NEW PROBLEMS FOR INFECTION CONTROL

• Chapter 17. Vancomycin-Resistant Gram Positive Pathogens. Potential Approaches for Prevention and Control
• Chapter 18. The Impact of Gram Negative Organisms with Extended Spectrum b-Lactamases (ESBLs)
• Chapter 19. Hepatitis C: Prevention, Therapy and Role of Transplantation
• Chapter 20. Prevention and Control of the Nosocomial Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Chapter 21. Prion Diseases
• Chapter 22. Gene Therapy and Infection Control

Section IV: CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT ISSUES

• Chapter 23. Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections and Second Generation Vascular Catheters
• Chapter 24. Nosocomial Urinary Tract Infections and New Bladder Catheters
• Chapter 25. Nosocomial Pneumonia: Lung Transplantation and Current Mechanical Ventilation Issues
• Chapter 26. Infections Associated with Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
• Chapter 27. Preventing Infections in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• Chapter 28. Modern Approaches to Preventing Surgical Site Infections
• Chapter 29. Opportunistic Infectious in Hematopoetic Transplant Recipients

Section V: MODERN APPROACHES FOR CONTROL

• Chapter 30. New Vaccines and Vaccination Programs for Hospital Staff Members
• Chapter 31. Epidemiology and Prevention of Occupational Transmission of Bloodborne Pathogens
• Chapter 32. HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
• Chapter 33. Molecular Methods in Nosocomial Epidemiology
• Chapter 34. Efficient Management of Outbreak Investigations
• Chapter 35. Improving Handwashing Compliance
• Chapter 36. Modern Advances in Disinfection, Sterilization and Medical Waste Management
• Chapter 37. New Environmental Reserviors of Nosocomial Pathogens
• Chapter 38. The New Focus in Ambulatory Care
• Chapter 39. Leadership and Management For Health Care Epidemiology