Infection Control Update, 1996
By: Barbara Acello.
Publisher: Delmar Publishers
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Albany, NY
Language: eng
Format: Magazine
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Communicable disease -- Nursing; Nurses' aides; Asepsis and antisepsis; Nosocomial infections -- Prevention; Universal Precautions -- nurses' instruction; Nurses' Aides
Table of contents: label: Introduction
pagenum: 5; label: Infection Control Update, 1996
pagenum: 6
title: Background Information; title: Universal Precautions
pagenum: 7; title: Body Substance Isolation
pagenum: 8; title: Drug Resistant Organisms
pagenum: 8; label: Introduction to Standard Precautions
pagenum: 9; title: Primary Methods of Disease Transmission
pagenum: 10; title: The Spread of Pathogens in the Air
pagenum: 11; title: The Spread of Pathogens by Contact
pagenum: 11; title: Other Methods of Disease Transmission
pagenum: 11; label: Methods of Preventing the Spread of Infection
pagenum: 12; title: Personal Protective Equipment
pagenum: 13; title: Using Gloves
pagenum: 14; title: When to Wear Gloves
pagenum: 16; title: Protecting the Mucous Membranes in Your Eyes, Nose and Mouth
pagenum: 16; title: Gowns, Plastic Aprons, and Other Protective Apparel
pagenum: 18; title: Handling Needles and Sharps
pagenum: 18; title: Cleaning Tasks Involving Blood and Body Fluids
pagenum: 18; title: Biohazardous Waste
pagenum: 20; title: Laboratory Specimens
pagenum: 20; label: Patient Placement for Patients in Isolation
pagenum: 20; label: Transmission-Based Precautions
pagenum: 21; label: Airborne Precautions
pagenum: 21; label: Droplet Precautions
pagenum: 25; label: Contact Precautions
pagenum: 25; label: Supplies and Equipment Used in Isolation Rooms
pagenum: 27; title: Serving Food Trays to a Patient in Isolation
pagenum: 27; title: Transporting the Patient Out of the Isolation Room
pagenum: 27; label: Key Points
pagenum: 28; label: Review Quiz
pagenum: 29; label: Answers to Review Quiz
pagenum: 31