Infection prevention and control
Subtitle: theory and clinical practice for healthcare professionals
By: Debbie Weston.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, England; Hoboken, NJ, USA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470059074
Subjects: Infection -- Prevention; Nosocomial infections -- Prevention; Cross Infection -- prevention & control; Hospitals; Infection Control -- methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Infection prevention and control: past, present and future; title: Bacterial and viral classification, structure, and function; title: The collection and transportation of specimens; title: The microbiology laboratory; title: Understanding the immune system and the nature and pathogenesis of infection; title: The principles of infection prevention and control; title: Types of healthcare associated infection; title: The problem of antimicrobial resistance; title: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); title: Tuberculosis; title: Clostridium difficile; title: Invasive group a streptococcal disease; title: Meningococcal disease; title: Norovirus; title: Campylobacter and salmonella; title: Bloodborne viruses; title: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS); title: Pandemic influenza; title: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD); title: Legionella.