Infection Prevention and Control

Infection prevention and control is an essential component of care, and an issue high on the agenda for both nurses and patients. This concise, accessible text provides students and newly qualified staff with an invaluable guide to the essential principles of infection prevention and control, equipping them with the knowledge and skills needed to provide safe and effective care. Infection Prevention and Control addresses key aspects of infection control in everyday practice, together with more specific considerations in particular aspects of care. It explores risk assessment, discusses how to prevent the spread of infection and control of specific and common infections. It looks at how infection can be managed in a wide variety of settings, including paediatric settings, critical care settings, and specialist care settings. to provide safe and effective care.

ISBN 1405140380   Pages 304 ISBN13 9781405140386 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Weight (grammes) 360 Imprint Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)   Published in Chicester Format Paperback   Series title Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses Publication date 24 Sep 2007   Height (mm) 189 Library of Congress RA761   Width (mm) 124 DEWEY 614.44   Spine width (mm) 16 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

1		The Function and Structure of Infection Prevention and Control Services		1
2		Microbes, Infection and Immunity by Robert C. Spencer		13
3		Specimen Collection		38
4		Risk Assessment		57
5		Standard Infection Control Principles		66
6		Specific and Common Infections		96
7		Infection Prevention in Urinary Catheter Care by Lauren Tew		140
8		Infection Prevention in Intravascular Therapy by Carly Hall		154
9		Infection Prevention in Nutritional Care		177
10		Infection Prevention in Wound Management		187
11		Control of Infection in Paediatric Settings		197
12		Peri-operative Care Settings		220
13		Specialist Care Settings		239
14		The Isolated Patient		254
15		The Immunocompromised Patient		267
16		Decontamination		275

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