Infection Management for Geriatrics in Long-Term Care Facilities

by Yoshikawa, Thomas T.; Ouslander, Joseph G.

• ISBN13: 9780824707842
• ISBN10: 0824707842
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-14
• Publisher: Dekker

Summary

Contains the most recent guidelines to evaluate fever and infection in residents of long-term care environments.Infection Management for Geriatrics in Long-Term Care Facilities· provides numerous figures and tables for quick access to key concepts· presents methods to establish infection control programs· offers techniques to combat drug-resistant organisms· discusses modern procedures to avoid the spread of diseases such as influenza, pneumonia, tuberculosis, herpes zoster, scabies, infectious diarrheas, and hepatitis· lists the most relevant and current references for each topicExploring topics critical to the improvement of managed care for the elderly, Infection Management for Geriatrics in Long-Term Care Facilities is a timely guide for geriatricians, gerontologists, primary care physicians, epidemiologists, virologists, physiologists, internists, pharmacists, nursing home directors and administrators, infection control practitioners, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Contributors	xiii
I. Principles of Aging, Long-Term Care, and Infection
Demographics and Economics of Long-Term Care	1	(14)
A. Jefferson Lesesne
Joseph G. Ouslander
Evaluation of Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities Versus Acute Care Hospitals	15	(12)
Andrew D. Weinberg
Epidemiology and Special Aspects of Infectious Diseases in Aging	27	(6)
Thomas T. Yoshikawa
Impact of Age and Chronic Illness-Related Immune Dysfunction on Risk of Infections	33	(18)
Steven C. Castle
Nutrition and Infection	51	(20)
Kevin P. High
Clinical Manifestations of Infections	71	(8)
Dean C. Norman
Ethical Issues of Infectious Disease Interventions	79	(20)
Elizabeth L. Cobbs
Nursing Management of Infections	99	(16)
Donna L. Barton
Janet D. Register
Establishing an Infection Control Program	115	(18)
Janet Nau Franck
Elizabeth Owens Schwab
David W. Bentley
Epidemiologic Investigation of Infectious Disease Outbreaks	133	(22)
Chesley L. Richards, Jr.
William R. Jarvis
An Approach to Antimicrobial Therapy	155	(18)
Shobita Rajagopalan
Jay P. Rho
Thomas T. Yoshikawa
II. Special Infectious Disease Problems
Urinary Tract Infection	173	(24)
Lindsay E. Nicolle
Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses	197	(26)
Ghinwa Dumyati
Ann R. Falsey
Pneumonia and Bronchitis	223	(22)
Joseph M. Mylotte
Tuberculosis	245	(12)
Shobita Rajagopalan
Infected Pressure Ulcers	257	(26)
Nigel Livesley
Anthony W. Chow
Herpes Zoster, Cellulitis, and Scabies	283	(22)
Kenneth Schmader
Jack Twersky
Infectious Diarrhea	305	(8)
Abbasi J. Akhtar
Hepatitis	313	(24)
Darrell W. Harrington
Peter V. Barrett
Vaccinations	337	(26)
Stefan Gravenstein
III. Emerging and Drug-Resistant Pathogens
Pathogenesis and Molecular Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance	363	(20)
Robert A. Bonomo
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus	383	(28)
Larry J. Strausbaugh
Vancomycin (Glycopeptide)-Resistant Enterococci	411	(18)
Lona Mody
Shelly A. McNeil
Suzanne F. Bradley
Gram-Negative Bacteria	429	(20)
Vinod K. Dhawan
Candida and Other Fungi	449	(24)
Carol A. Kauffman
Sara A. Hedderwick
Appendix A: Definitions of Common Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities	473	(4)
Appendix B: Guide to Evaluating Fever and Infection in a Long-Term Care Setting	477	(4)
Index	481