Infection prevention and control : theory and clinical practice for healthcare professionals /
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons,
[2008]
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Table of Contents:
- Infection prevention and control : past, present and future
- Bacterial and viral classification, structure, and function
- The collection and transportation of specimens
- The microbiology laboratory
- Understanding the immune system and the nature and pathogenesis of infection
- The principles of infection prevention and control
- Types of healthcare associated infection
- The problem of antimicrobial resistance
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- Tuberculosis
- Clostridium difficile
- Invasive group A streptococcal disease
- Meningococcal disease
- Norovirus
- Campylobacter and salmonella
- Blood-borne viruses
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
- Pandemic influenza
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
- Legionella.