Bennett & Brachman's Hospital Infections

by Jarvis, William R.

• ISBN13: 9781451175929
• ISBN10: 1451175922
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-11-14
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

The field of healthcare epidemiology and infection control has seen tremendous advances in the last decade. Bennett & Brachman's Hospital Infections, 6e, now in vibrant full color, provides the most up-to-date information on all aspects of this vital topic. Written by the world’s foremost leaders in the field of nosocomial infections, this is your go-to text for preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs) in all inpatient and outpatient healthcare settings.
Features

• Master the latest evidence-based strategies for the prevention of the big four HAIs—CLABSIs, CAUTIs, SSIs, and VAE.
• Expand your knowledge of the latest prevention strategies through NEW coverage of automated room terminal disinfection (ultraviolet germicidal irradiation or hydrogen peroxide gas or vapor).
• NEW chapters on surgical site infection, dialysis, prevention of HAIs in intensive care units, mechanisms of resistance, the role of the environment in pathogen transmission, the role of the laboratory in infection prevention, prevalence vs. incidence HAI surveillance, infection prevention and control in countries with limited resources, the latest isolation procedures, and sterilization and disinfection.
• Access the latest evidence-based data on the control of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant Enterococci, carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae, and pandemic influenza viruses.

Table of Contents

Section I   General Considerations of Hospital Infections

1         Epidemiology of Healthcare-Associated Infections

Belinda Ostrowsky

 

2         The Healthcare Epidemiologist

Virginia R. Roth and Bryan P. Simmons

 

3         Hand Hygiene

Didier Pittet, Benedetta Allegranzi, and Andrew Stewardson

 

4         Occupational Health Services

David T. Kuhar, Elise M. Beltrami, and Elizabeth A. Bolyard

 

5         The Development of Infection Surveillance and Prevention Programs

Hilary M. Babcock and Keith F. Woeltje

 

6         Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections

Mary Andrus and Teresa Horan

 

7         The Role of Prevalence Surveys for Detection of Healthcare-Associated Infections

Bruno P. Coignard

 

8         Investigating Endemic and Epidemic Healthcare-Associated Infections

William R. Jarvis

 

9         Epidemiologic Methods for Investigating Infections in the Healthcare Setting

Jennifer H. Han and Ebbing Lautenbach

 

10     Use of Computerized Systems in Healthcare Epidemiology

Keith F. Woeltje

 

11     The Role of the Laboratory in Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections

Michael A. Pfaller and Daniel J. Diekema

 

12     The Practice of Epidemiology in Community Hospitals

August Valenti

 

13     The Role of Professional, Governmental, and Regulatory Organizations in Infection Prevention and Control

Barbara M. Soule, Karen Hoffmann, and Tammy S. Lundstrom

 

14     Antimicrobial Stewardship: Programmatic Efforts to Optimize Antimicrobial Use

Robert Owens

 

15     Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Epidemiology and Control

Michael Y. Lin, Robert A. Weinstein, and Mary K. Hayden

 

16     Molecular Biology of Resistance

Gopi Patel and Robert A. Bonomo

 

17     Economic Evaluation of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Infection-Control and Antimicrobial-Stewardship Interventions

Eli N. Perencevich and Sara E. Cosgrove

 

18     Epidemiology and Control of Healthcare-Acquired Infections in Limited Resource Settings

Victor D. Rosenthal

 

Section II  Functional Areas of Concern

19     The Inanimate Environment

John Boyce

 

20     Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities

William A. Rutala and David J. Weber

 

21     Foodborne Disease Prevention in Healthcare Facilities

Syed A. Sattar and Susan Springthorpe

 

22     Clinical Laboratory---Acquired Infections

Michael L. Wilson and L. Barth Reller

 

23     Dialysis-Associated Complications and Their Control

Matthew Arduino and Priti Patel

 

       24  The Intensive Care Unit, Part A. HAI Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Surveillance, Engineering and    Administrative Infection Control Practices, and Impact

              Didier Pittet, Caroline Landelle, and Stephan J. Harbarth

 

      25  The Intensive Care Unit, Part B. Antiobiotic Resistance and Prevention of CVC-BSIs, Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections, and C. difficile

               Nasia Safdar and Dennis G. Maki

 

     26  The Newborn Nursery and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

            Thomas J. Sandora and Nalini Singh

 

     27  Perioperative Suite

           Joan Blanchard and Sharon Giarrizzo-Wilson

 

     28  Ambulatory Care Settings

           Candace Friedman and Kathy H. Petersen 

 

     29  Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities

           Nimalie D. Stone and Chesley L. Richards, Jr.

 

 

Section III  Endemic and Epidemic Hospital Infections

 

     30  Incidence and Nature of Endemic and Epidemic Healthcare-Associated Infections

           Lennox K. Archibald and William R. Jarvis

 

     31  Urinary Tract Infections

            Carol E. Chenoweth

 

     32  Hospital-Acquired and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

            Donald E. Craven, Philip E. Grgurich, Kathleen Steger Craven, and Henri Balaguera

 

    33  Nosocomial Tuberculosis

           Dick Menzies and Faiz Ahmad Khan

 

    34  Infectious Gastroenteritis

           L. Clifford McDonald and Benjamin A. Lopman

 

    35  Central Nervous System Infections

           Jeffrey Tessier

 

    36  Surgical Site Infections

           Teena Chopra, Deverick J. Anderson, and Keith S. Kaye

 

    37  Infections of Burn Wounds

           David Mozingo and Basil A. Pruitt, Jr.

 

    38  Infections Due to Infusion Therapy

           Dennis G. Maki and Leonard A. Mermel

 

    39  Infections of Implantable Cardiac and Vascular Devices

           Raymond Y. Chinn

 

    40  Infections in Skeletal Prostheses and Allografts

           Ilker Uçkay, Leonardo Pagani, Axel Gamulin, and Daniel Lew

 

    41  The Importance of Infection Control in Controlling Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens

           Cassandra D. Salgado and Barry M. Farr

 

    42  Healthcare-Associated Respiratory Viral Infections

           Wing Hong Seto and Janice Lo

 

    43  Preventing Transmission of Bloodborne Pathogens in the Healthcare Setting

           David K. Henderson

 

    44  Healthcare-Associated Fungal Infections

           Rachel M. Smith, Scott K. Fridkin, and Benjamin J. Park

 

    45  Healthcare-Associated Infections in Transplant Recipients

           Mini Kambouj and Kent Sepkowitz

 

    46  Miscellaneous Procedure-Related Infections

           Sharon Welbel and Robert H. Weinstein

 

    47  Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infection Rates

           Michael Edmond and Michael P. Stevens

 

    48  Patient Safety

           Moi-Lin Ling