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9781405126427

Disinfection in Healthcare

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  • ISBN13:

    9781405126427

  • ISBN10:

    1405126426

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-11-12
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Summary

Disinfection in Healthcare is a concise, practical guide for everyone involved in decontamination and the control of healthcare-associated infection. Completely revised and updated to reflect recent changes in the use of thermal and chemical disinfection, this third edition provides an accessible route map through the range of new disinfectants available, revised hospital policies and the associated issues of safety. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Christina Bradley is Laboratory Manager at Hospital Infection Research Laboratory, City Hospital, Birmingham.

Table of Contents

Preface, vii
1 Principles of disinfection,
1(7)
2 Properties of chemical disinfectants,
8(9)
3 Disinfection policy,
17(4)
4 Thermal disinfection,
21(5)
5 Organisms of special significance,
26(14)
6 Cleaning and disinfection of the environment,
40(9)
7 Disinfection of the skin and mucous membranes,
49(15)
8 Disinfection of medical equipment,
64(9)
9 Disinfectants in pathology departments,
73(7)
10 Safety in chemical disinfection, 80(7)
11 Disinfectant testing, 87(6)
Appendix: Summary of policy for decontamination of equipment or environment, 93(6)
Bibliography, 99(2)
Index, 101

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