Foundations of infection control and prevention / Christine McGuire-Wolfe, PhD, CIC, CPH, EMT-P.
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TextPublication details: Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, ©2018Description: xiii, 282 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 9781284053135 (pbk.); 128405313X (pbk.)Subject(s): Communicable Disease Control -- methodsDDC classification: 614.4 LOC classification: RA643 | .M38 2018NLM classification: WA 110| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| RA 639.5 .G63 2022 Public health entomology / | RA 640 .A85 2000 Mosquitoes and human health / | RA643 .E465 2002 Emerging infectious diseases : | RA 643 .M34 2018 Foundations of infection control and prevention / | RA 643 .W43 2015 Communicable diseases : | RA 643.5 .T7K3 2007 Common Communicable and Tropical Diseases | RA 643.8 .H58 2005 HIV&AIDS,Young people & Gender issues |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to the role of infection preventionists and basic principles -- Hand hygiene -- Modes of transmission, personal protective equipment, and isolation precautions -- Cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization -- Healthcare-associated infections -- Vaccines and vaccine preventable diseases -- Foodborne illness and food safety -- Employee health -- Bioterrorism -- Appendix A : Antimicrobial spectrum and characteristics of hand-hygiene antiseptic agents -- Appendix B : type and duration of precautions recommended for selected infection and conditions -- Appendix C : Summary of advantages and disadvantages of chemical agents used as chemical sterilants or as high-level disinfectants -- Appendix D : selected biological agents potentially involved in bioterrorism.
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