Ayliffe's Control of Healthcare-Associated Infection Fifth Edition: A Practical Handbook

by Fraise; Adam

• ISBN13: 9780340914519
• ISBN10: 0340914513
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-29
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

The fifth edition of this classic text is the definitive, clinically oriented guide to this critical area within healthcare practice, full of sound, practical advice for all those involved in the control of infection in a variety of settings. Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, it has been retitled for this new edition to emphasize the range of coverage, from the hopsital setting--including the ward, operating theaters, kitchens, and laundry facilities-- to health care provision in the community. The content has also been restructured, improving access to related topics for the reader. Part One discusses the basic principles of infection control, including administrative issues, surveillance and reporting, sterilization, disinfection, and decontamination, with an emphasis on the key area of hand hygiene. Part Two covers the specific areas of prophylazis and treatment of infections, for example, the use of antimicrobial agents and issues pertaining to specific infections including MRSA. In Part Three prevention in different healthcare settings is presented, including issues particular to special wards and departments, such as paediatric and neonatal units, intensive care, the elderly, and those being treated or working within allied health areas, such as x-ray, physiotherapy, and the laboratory setting. Control of Healthcare-Associated Infection will remain essential reading for infection control practitioners, nurses, doctors, surgeons, allied health professionals, hospital managers and administrators, and public health personnel.

Author Biography

Adam p Fraise is Consultant Medical Microbiologist and Director, Hospital Infection Research Laboratory, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. Christina Bradley is Manager, Hospital Infection Research Laboratory, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Preface to the fifth edition xi
Basic principles
Introduction	p. 3
Administration and responsibilityt	p. 13
Surveillance, audit, records and reports	p. 41
Sterilization	p. 67
Physical and chemical disinfection	p. 88
Decontamination of equipment, the environment and teh skin	p. 107
Laundry, kitchens and healthcare waste	p. 150
Prophylaxis and treatment of infections
Use of antimicrobial agents	p. 171
Control of bloodborne viral infections	p. 187
Immunization and specific prophylaxis	p. 209
The role of occupational health services in the control infection	p. 226
Special problems of infections
MRSA	p. 237
Glycopeptide-resistant enterococci	p. 245
Clostridium difficile	p. 253
Resistant Gram-negative rods	p. 259
CJD	p. 270
Tuberculosis	p. 279
Legionnaire's disease(Legionella pneumonia)	p. 285
Prevention
Prevention of infection in wards and outpatient departments	p. 305
Prevention of infection in special wards and departments
Paediatrics	p. 330
Burns	p. 336
Renal	p. 343
critical care units	p. 351
Obstetrics and gynaecology	p. 359
Transplants	p. 367
Operating theatres	p. 375
Prevention of infection in allied health areas and service departments
Radiology	p. 396
Physiotherapy and occupational therapy	p. 405
Pharmacy	p. 410
Sterileservices department	p. 416
Ambulance service	p. 421
Pathology laboratories	p. 428
Dental practice	p. 436
Chiropody	p. 447
Infection prevention and control in the community	p. 458
Index	p. 487
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