Infection Prevention, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
New Perspectives and Controversies

Coordinators: Bearman Gonzalo, Munoz-Price Silvia, Morgan Daniel J., Murthy Rekha K.

Language: English

Approximative price 105.49 €

In Print (Delivery period: 15 days).

Add to cartAdd to cart
Publication date:
Support: Print on demand
This book reviews evolving areas in infection prevention on topics including contact precautions, technology implementation, specific infections, and care in various settings. The book summarizes the current data on
infection prevention, presents controversies on the various topics, and includes recommendations for patient safety. Addressing hot topics such as MRSA, C. difficile vaccination, mandatory flu vaccines, and CLABSI, this is the only text to include prevention and control overviews across a range of infection issues. Written by experts in the
field, this book contains 32 chapters that educates and presents the most cutting-edge models of care on emerging and evolving topics in infectious diseases.

Infection Prevention: New Perspectives and Controversies is a valuable resource for infection prevention professionals, healthcare quality and safety professionals, caring for patients in in- and outpatient settings.
Ch. 1: HAI Controversies: Contact Precautions

 

Elise Martin, Zachary Rubin, Rekha K. Murthy

 

Ch. 2: Hand Hygiene Monitoring Technologies: Implementation and Outcomes

 

            Claudia Denisse Jarrin Tejada

 

Ch. 3: Universal Glove and Gown Use for the prevention of methicillin-resistant

Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE)

 

            Lindsay Croft, Daniel J. Morgan

 

Ch. 4: Isolation Precautions for Visitors to Healthcare Settings

 

Maroun Sfeir, Matthew S. Simon, David Banach

 

Ch. 5: Bacterial contamination of the anesthesia work area: hands, patients, and

things

 

Derya Mahmutoglu, L. Silvia Munoz-Price

 

Ch. 6: Infection Control in the Outpatient Setting

 

John Daniel Markley, Michael P. Stevens

 

Ch. 7: New Technologies for Infection Prevention

 

Michelle Doll, Michael P. Stevens, Gonzalo Bearman

 

Ch. 8: What is the Role of Mobile No-touch Disinfection Technology in Optimizing

Healthcare Environmental Hygiene?

 

Philip C. Carling

 

Ch. 9: Universal MRSA/Staphylococcal Decolonization for Hospitalized Patients

 

Edward J Septimus

 

            Ch. 10: Staphylococcal Decolonization in Surgery Patients

 

                        Andrew Ludwig, E. Patchen Dellinger

 

            Ch. 11: The Surgical Care Improvement Project redux: Should CMS revive

process of care measures for prevention of surgical site infections?

 

Deborah S. Yokoe

 

            Ch. 12: Healthcare Worker Apparel and Infection Prevention

 

                        Salma Muhammad Abbas, Gonzalo Bearman

 

             Ch. 13: Antimicrobial Textiles and Infection Prevention – Clothes and Inanimate

Environment

 

Rachel H. McQueen, Briana Ehnes

 

            Ch. 14: Multidrug Resistant Gram Negative Bacilli - Infection Prevention

Considerations

 

Oryan Henig, David E. Katz, Dror Marchaim

 

            Ch. 15: Active surveillance cultures for MRSA, VRE, Multidrug Resistant Gram-

negatives

 

Amar Krishna, Teena Chopra

 

            Ch. 16: C. difficile Microbiome manipulation

 

                        Jenna Wick, Tinzar Basein, Shira Doron

 

            Ch. 17: Air Contamination in the Hospital Environment

 

Luis A. Shimose, Eriko Masuda, Ana Berbel Caban, L. Silvia Munoz-Price

 

            Ch. 18: Vertical versus horizontal infection control interventions

 

                        Salma Muhammad Abbas, Michelle Doll, Michael P. Stevens

 

            Ch. 19: The Role of the Hospital Epidemiologist

 

                        Kristina A. Bryant

 

            Ch. 20: Whole Genome Sequencing for Outbreak Investigation

 

                        Tara N. Palmore

 

            Ch. 21: Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Preparedness

 

Angela Hewlett, Angela M. Vasa, Theodore J. Cieslak, John J. Lowe, Shelly Schwedhelm

 

            Ch. 22: Probiotics and Infection Prevention

 

                        Whitney Perry, Shira Doron

 

            Ch. 23: Animals in Healthcare Settings

 

                        Rekha K. Murthy, Vivek Pandrangi, David J. Weber

 

            Ch. 24: Decolonization in Infection Control of Gram-negative Bacilli

 

                        David Thomas, David Banach

 

            Ch. 25: Testing water for Legionella Prevention

 

                        Brooke K. Decker, Cornelius J. Clancy

 

            Ch. 26: The importance of C. difficile colonization on infection prevention

 

                        Natalia Blanco, Surbhi Leekha

 

            Ch. 27: Mandatory Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Personnel

 

                        Bryan D. Harris, Thomas R. Talbot

 

            Ch. 28: Controversies in Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance

 

                        Geetika Sood, Surbhi Leekha

 

            Ch. 29: Chlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing Outside the Intensive Care Unit

 

                        Megan Buller, Kyle J. Popovich

 

            Ch. 30: Airborne Precautions and Personal Protective Equipment: The Powered

Air-Purifying Respirator-Only Approach

 

Pranavi V. Sreeramoju, Jose Cadena

 

            Ch. 31: Donning and Doffing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Is Training

Necessary?

 

Michelle Doll, Michael P. Stevens, Gonzalo Bearman

 

            Ch. 32: Rapid Diagnostics in Infection Prevention

 

                        Sara Revolinski, Angela M. Huang, Allison Gibble

Gonzalo Bearman MD, MPH
Richard P. Wenzel Professor of Medicine-Chair, Division of Infectious Diseases/ Hospital Epidemiologist
Infectious Diseases/ Epidemiology
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
1300 East Marshall Street
PO BOX 980019
Richmond, Virginia 23298, United States of America
T: (804) 828-2121
F: (804) 828-2125
Email: gonzalo.bearman@vcuhealth.org

 

L. Silvia Munoz-Price, MD, PhD
Enterprise Epidemiologist
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine-Division of Infectious Diseases
Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin
Froedtert Hospital
9200 W Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, United States of America
T: (414) 955-8020
Email: smunozprice@mcw.edu

 

Daniel J Morgan, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Chief Hospital Epidemiologist
Epidemiology, Public Health and Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine and Baltimore VA Medical Center
10 S. Pine Street
MSTF 334
Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States of America
T: (410) 706-1734
Email: dmorgan@epi.umaryland.edu

Discusses emerging trends and current controversies

The ultimate guide to preventing infections

Written by experts in the field