Outbreak investigation, prevention, and control in health care settings
Subtitle: critical issues for patient safety
By: Kathleen Meehan Arias.
Contributors: Arias, Kathleen Meehan.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers; Jones and Bartlett Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9780763757793
Subjects: Health facilities -- Sanitation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Nosocomial infections -- Prevention -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Cross infection -- Prevention -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Health Facilities -- Handbooks; Infection Control -- methods -- Handbooks; Disease Outbreaks -- Handbooks; Epidemiologic Methods -- Handbooks
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Handbooks.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Quick reference to outbreak investigation and control in health care facilities / Kathleen Meehan Arias. 2000.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to epidemiology; title: Surveillance programs, public health, and emergency preparedness; title: Outbreaks reported in acute care settings; title: Outbreaks reported in long-term care settings; title: Outbreaks reported in ambulatory care settings; title: Pseudo-outbreaks reported in health care settings; title: Organisms and diseases associated with outbreaks in a variety of health care settings; title: Investigation, prevention, and control of outbreaks in the health care setting; title: Information technology and outbreak investigation; title: Statistical methods used in outbreak investigations; title: The role of the laboratory in outbreak detection, prevention, and investigation; title: Collecting, organizing, and displaying epidemiologic data.