Bennett & Brachman's hospital infections.

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Edition:5th ed. / editor, William R. Jarvis.
Imprint:Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.
Description:xiv, 832 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6689685
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Varying Form of Title:Hospital infections
Bennett and Brachman's hospital infections
Other uniform titles:Hospital infections.
Other authors / contributors:Bennett, John V.
Jarvis, William R. (William Robert), 1948-
Brachman, Philip S.
ISBN:9780781763837
0781763835
Notes:Rev. ed. of: Hospital infections / edited by John V. Bennett, Philip S. Brachman. 4th ed. c1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • General Considerations Of Hospital Infections: Epidemiology of Healthcare-associated Infections
  • The Healthcare Epidemiologist
  • Hand Hygiene
  • Personnel Health Services
  • The Development of Infection Surveillance & Control Programs
  • Surveillance of Healthcare-associated Infections
  • Investigating Endemic & Epidemic Healthcare-associated Infections
  • Statistical Considerations for Analysis of Healthcare-associated Infections Data
  • Use of Computerized Systems in Healthcare Epidemiology
  • The Role of the Laboratory in Control of Healthcare-associated Infections
  • The Practice of Epidemiology in Community Hospitals
  • The Role of Professional & Regulatory Organizations in Infection Control
  • Antibiotics Control & Healthcare-associated Infections
  • Multiply Drug-Resistant Pathogens: Epidemiology & Control
  • Molecular Biology of Resistance
  • Economic Evaluation of Healthcare-associated Infections & Infection Control Interventions
  • Legal Aspects of Healthcare-associated Infections
  • Functional Areas And Concern: Infection Control in Developing Countries
  • The Inanimate Environment
  • Sterilization & Disinfection
  • Foodborne Disease Prevention in Healthcare Facilities
  • Clinical Laboratory-Acquired Infections
  • Dialysis-associated Complications & Their Control
  • The Intensive Care Unit
  • The Newborn Nursery
  • The Intensive Care Unit, Part 2
  • The Operating Room
  • Ambulatory Care Centers
  • Endemic & Epidemic Hospital Infections: Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities
  • Incidence & Nature of Endemic & Epidemic Healthcare-associated Infections
  • Urinary Tract Infections
  • Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
  • Tuberculosis
  • Infectious Gastroenteritis
  • Central Nervous System Infections
  • Surgical Site Infections
  • Infections of Burn Wounds
  • Infections of Implantable Cardiac & Vascular Devices
  • Infections In Skeletal Prostheses
  • The Importance of Infection Control in Controlling Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens
  • Healthcare-associated Respiratory Viral Infections
  • Blood Borne Pathogen Prevention
  • Infections Due to Infusion Therapy
  • Healthcare-Associated Fungal Infections
  • Infection in Transplant Recipients
  • Other Procedure-Related Infections
  • Public Reporting of Healthcare-associated Infection Rates
  • Patient Safety