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Summary:

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.

Table of Contents:

• Dedication; Contents; Contributors; 1: HAI Controversies: Contact Precautions; Introduction; Current Guideline Recommendations for Contact Precautions in Acute Care Facilities; History of Isolation Precautions; Vertical Versus Horizontal Infection Control Strategies; MRSA and the Impact of Contact Precautions; Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE); Contact Precautions for Gram-Negative Rods and Clostridium difficile; References; 2: Hand Hygiene Monitoring Technologies: Implementation and Outcomes; Introduction; Monitoring Hand Hygiene Compliance
• Methods for Monitoring HH Compliance Direct Observation; Measuring Product Consumption; Video Surveillance and Feedback; Electronic Surveillance and Alerts; Summary; References; 3: Universal Glove and Gown Use for the Prevention of Methicillin-­Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE); Background; Policies; Controversies (Table 3.1); Effectiveness of Universal Glove and Gown Use; Cost-Effectiveness of Universal Glove and Gown; Practical Resolutions; Future Research; Conclusions; References
• 4: Isolation Precautions for Visitors to Healthcare Settings Introduction; Visitors and Transmission/Outbreaks; Visitors and Standard Precautions; Hand Hygiene; Visitors and Contact Precautions; Visitors and Droplet Precautions; Influenza; Bordetella pertussis; Visitors and Airborne Precautions; Measles; Immunocompromised Visitors; Emerging Infections and Visitors to Healthcare Settings; Ethical Considerations in Isolation Precautions for Visitors to Healthcare Facilities; References; 5: Bacterial Contamination of the Anesthesia Work Area: Hands, Patients, and Things
• MRSA and VRE Gram-Negative Organisms; Intraoperative Anesthesia Work Area; Environmental Contamination; Hand Hygiene; Increased Surgical Site Infections and Mortality; Compliance with Cleaning and Disinfection; Conclusions and Controversies; References; 6: Infection Control in the Outpatient Setting; Introduction; Definitions; Applying the Principles of Hospital Infection Control to Outpatient Infection Control; Infrastructure; Standard Precautions; Hand Hygiene; Why Is Hand Hygiene Compliance So Poor in the Outpatient Setting?; Recommendations; Injection Practices
• Surveillance Regulations, Mandatory Reporting, and Monitoring; Transmission-Based Precautions; Respiratory Hygiene and Cough Etiquette; Environmental Cleaning; Medical Devices; Antimicrobial Stewardship; Medical Waste; Education of Healthcare Personnel; Risk Assessment; Special Considerations; Clostridium difficile in the Outpatient Setting; Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis; Ambulatory Surgery Centers; Dialysis Centers; Conclusions; References; 7: New Technologies for Infection Prevention; Introduction; Ultraviolet (UV) and Hydrogen Peroxide (HP) Room Disinfection Systems

Contributors:

Bearman, Gonzalo , editor

Munoz-Price, Silvia , editor

Morgan, Daniel J. , editor

Murthy, Rekha K. , editor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Infection — Prevention

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on Nov. 13, 2017).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

RA761 .I54 2018eb

ISBNs:

9783319609805 (electronic bk.)
3319609807 (electronic bk.)
9783319609782 [Invalid]
3319609785 [Invalid]

Other Standard Numbers:

10.1007/978-3-319-60980-5 (source: None)

OCLC Numbers:

1003523047

Other Control Numbers:

EBC5043121 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp14789720