Practical handbook for healthcare epidemiologists / edited by Ebbing Lautenbach, Keith Woeltje.

Other author Lautenbach, Ebbing.
Other author Woeltje, Keith F.
Other author Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoThorofare, NJ : SLACK, ©2004.
Descriptionxi, 373 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Subjects

Contents Practical hospital epidemiology: an introduction / Ebbing Lautenbach and Keith Woeltje -- Educational needs and opportunities for the hospital epidemiologist / Richard A. Martinello and Louise M. Dembry -- Negotiating with the administration-or how to get paid for doing hspital epidemiology -- Ethical aspects of infection control / Loreen A. Herwaldt, MD and Lauris C. Kaldjian -- Epidemiologic methods in infection control / Ebbing Lautenbach -- Basics of surveillance-an overview -- Prevention of UTIs -- Preventing nosocomial pneumonia / Scott A. Flanders, Harold R. Collard and Sanjay Saint --
Contents Basics of surgical site infection surveillance / Lisa L. Maragakis and Trish M. Perl -- Surveillance for infections associated with vascular catheters / Werner Ernst Bischoff -- Outbreak investigations / Consuelo Beck-Sague, Victor Soto-Caceres and William R. Jarvis -- Exposure workups / Loreen A. Herwaldt, Jean M. Pottinger and Stephanie Holley -- Isolation / Gonzalo M. L. Bearman and Michael Edmond -- Clinical microbiology laboratory support for healthcare epidemiology / Lance R. Peterson and Patrick A. Hymel -- Molecular typing systems / Carolyn V. Gould and Joel Maslow --
Contents Computers for healthcare epidemiology / Keith F. Woeltje -- Control of gram-positive multidrug resistant pathogens / Mark E. Rupp -- Antibiotic-resistant gram-negative infections / David L. Paterson and Mesut Yilmaz -- Antimicrobial stewardship / Robert A. Duncan and Kenneth R. Lawrence -- Improving hand hygiene in healthcare settings / John M. Boyce and Didier Pittet -- The role of infection control in bioterrorism / Mary L. Fornek and Kelly J. Henning -- Employee health/occupational medicine / David K. Henderson -- Tuberculosis infection in healthcare settings / Henry M. Blumberg -- Infection control in long-term care facilities / Lindsay E. Nicolle and Richard A. Garibaldi -- Infection control in the outpatient setting / Deborah M. Nihill ... [et al.] -- Infection control with limited resources -- Infection control and patient safety / Darren Linkin and PJ Brennan --
Contents The infection control committee / Virginia R. Roth and Mark Loeb -- Developing infection control policies and guidelines / Young S. Kim, Patrick J. Brennan and Elias Abrutyn -- The occupational safety and health administration's regulatory role / Judene Bartley, Gina Pugliese and Tammy Lundstrom -- Preparing for and surviving a joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations inspection / Mary D. Nettleman -- Product evaluation / Lynn S. Fine and William M. Valenti -- Infection control issues in construction and renovation / Sherry A. David, Jose A. Fernandez and Loreen A. Herwaldt.
General noteAt head of title: The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
General noteRev. ed. of: A practical handbook for hospital epidemiologists / The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. 1998.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Other title Practical handbook for hospital epidemiologists.
LCCN 2004014489
ISBN1556426771 :

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