Foundations of infection control and prevention / Christine McGuire-Wolfe
By: McGuire-Wolfe, Christine [author].
Publisher: Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2017]Copyright date: ©2018Description: xiii, 282 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781284053135 (pbk.).Subject(s): Communicable diseases | Communicable diseases -- Prevention | Communicable Disease Control -- methodsGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction to the role of infection preventionists and basic principles -- Hand hygiene -- Modes of transmission, personal protective equipment, and isolation precautions -- Cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization -- Healthcare-associated infections -- Vaccines and vaccine preventable diseases -- Foodborne illness and food safety -- Employee health -- Bioterrorism -- Appendix A : Antimicrobial spectrum and characteristics of hand-hygiene antiseptic agents -- Appendix B : type and duration of precautions recommended for selected infection and conditions -- Appendix C : Summary of advantages and disadvantages of chemical agents used as chemical sterilants or as high-level disinfectants -- Appendix D : selected biological agents potentially involved in bioterrorism