num_pages: 339
description: Manager of the Infection Control Department at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Arias explains to others in her position how to apply principles of epidemiology to preventing, tracking, and controlling outbreaks of infectious diseases in health-care institutions. Her topics include routine surveillance programs, outbreaks of disease reported in several types of facilities, typical organisms and diseases, conducting a literature search, the role of the laboratory, and organizing and displaying epidemiological data. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: Quick Reference to Outbreak Investigation and Control in Health Care Facilities
titlecomplete: Quick Reference to Outbreak Investigation and Control in Health Care Facilities
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Aspen Pub