An Illustrated Guide to Infection Control / Edition 1

by Kathleen Motacki MSN, RN, BC, Toros Kapoian MD, FACP, Neeta Bahal O'Mara PharmD, BCPS

Overview

This guide is useful for nursing students as well as those in practice."—Doody's Medical Reviews

This all-encompassing volume assists nursing students and beginning-level RNs in developing a practical understanding of infection control issues as they relate to many different areas of health care.

The Illustrated Guide to Infection Control covers every infection control topic, from basic hand washing, immunizations, infection control in critical care, infection control in labor and delivery, and medical waste disposal, to methods of surveillance, and everything in between-all in one volume. Written by experts in the respective fields, each chapter offers important insights on protecting patients, families, visitors, volunteers, and health care providers from infection. Illustrations are provided to help demonstrate the topics presented, and chapters contain questions and answers with rationales for students to reflect upon.

Key features:

• Eliminates the need for multiple infection control resources by covering all essential topics in one volume
• Encompasses all of the important infection control topics, from basic issues such as hand washing, to specialty area-specific measures such as prevention measures for critical care nursing
• Covers multiple clinical areas of expertise, including acute care, dialysis, TB control, physician's offices, and more
• Includes pre-test and post-test questions for each chapter, with answers provided at the end of the book

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826105608
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	01/28/2011
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Kathleen Motacki, MSN, RN, BC, is a Lecturer, Henry P. Becton School of Nursing and Allied Health, Farleigh Dickenson University.

Toros Kapoian, MD, FACP, is Associate Professor of Medicine at the New Jersey University of Medicine and Dentistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Medical Director, RWJ Dialysis and Kidney Centers, and Director, Dialysis Program and the Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation Programs.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

List of Reviewers

Foreword Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Basic Infection Control

Chapter 2: Bloodborne Pathogen Standard

Chapter 3: Immunizations

Chapter 4: Infection Control in the Community Health Care Setting

Chapter 5: Outpatient Health Care Provider Offices

Chapter 6: Safe Patient Handling and Movement

Chapter 7: Health Care-Associated Infections

Chapter 8: Infection Control in Critical Care

Chapter 9: Infection Control in Labor and Delivery

Chapter 10: Infection Control in Dialysis

Chapter 11: Medical Waste Disposal

Chapter 12: Spills

Chapter 13: Methods of Surveillance

Chapter 14: Influenza

Chapter 15: Tuberculosis

Chapter 16: Antibiotic-Resistant Infections

Chapter 17: Bioterrorism

Answer Key

Acronyms

Appendix: Resources

Glossary

Index

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Josie Martin Bowman, RN, MSN, PhD (East Carolina University )
Description: This book presents information on infection control measures that supplements the content in textbooks used in nursing education programs. It discusses infection control in various settings and in specific disease processes.
Purpose: As the book notes, infection control is of "exceptional importance" to all practitioners and patients, and this book discusses basic to advanced concepts in infection control in a way that enables practitioners to integrate them into their practice.
Audience: Student and new practicing nurses are the intended audience. The shared perception of the authors is that nursing textbooks cover infection control, but this book "incorporates all levels of nursing in one book and includes basic infection control principles along with specialty area-specific infection control measures."
Features: After detailing basic infection control principles, the book then covers blood-borne pathogens and infection control in a variety of settings. The basic infection control chapter covers basic hand washing, use of soap and water, alcohol hand washing products, gloving, and gowning. The focus on infection control in a variety of settings does not occur in most nursing books. Each chapter begins with a pretest with a rationale for each response, followed by the chapter and then a posttest. The illustrations, all in black and white, highlight the narrative.
Assessment: This guide is useful for nursing students as well as those in practice. Although written for students and new practitioners, it can serve as a reference for practicing nurses.

Doody's Review Service

Reviewer: Josie Martin Bowman, RN, MSN, DSN(East Carolina University )
Description: This book presents information on infection control measures that supplements the content in textbooks used in nursing education programs. It discusses infection control in various settings and in specific disease processes.
Purpose: As the book notes, infection control is of "exceptional importance" to all practitioners and patients, and this book discusses basic to advanced concepts in infection control in a way that enables practitioners to integrate them into their practice.
Audience: Student and new practicing nurses are the intended audience. The shared perception of the authors is that nursing textbooks cover infection control, but this book "incorporates all levels of nursing in one book and includes basic infection control principles along with specialty area-specific infection control measures."
Features: After detailing basic infection control principles, the book then covers blood-borne pathogens and infection control in a variety of settings. The basic infection control chapter covers basic hand washing, use of soap and water, alcohol hand washing products, gloving, and gowning. The focus on infection control in a variety of settings does not occur in most nursing books. Each chapter begins with a pretest with a rationale for each response, followed by the chapter and then a posttest. The illustrations, all in black and white, highlight the narrative.
Assessment: This guide is useful for nursing students as well as those in practice. Although written for students and new practitioners, it can serve as a reference for practicing nurses.