Infection Prevention and Control / Edition 1

by Christine Perry

Overview

Infection prevention and control is an essential component of care, and an issue high on the agenda for both nurses and patients. This concise, accessible text provides students and newly qualified staff with an invaluable guide to the essential principles of infection prevention and control, equipping them with the knowledge and skills needed to provide safe and effective care.

Infection Prevention and Control addresses key aspects of infection control in everyday practice, together with more specific considerations in particular aspects of care. It explores risk assessment, discusses how to prevent the spread of infection and control of specific and common infections. It looks at how infection can be managed in a wide variety of settings, including paediatric settings, critical care settings, and specialist care settings.
to provide safe and effective care.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781405140386
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	11/19/2007
Series:	Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

Christine Perry is Nurse Consultant/ Director- Infection Prevention and Control, Bristol Royal Infirmary

Table of Contents

1. The Function and Structure of Infection Control Services.

2. Microbes, Infection and Immunity.

3. Specimen Collection.

4. Risk Assessment.

5. Standard Precautions.

6. Specific and Common Infections.

7. Urinary Catheter Care.

8. Infection Prevention in Intravascular Therapy.

9. Infection Prevention in Nutritional Care.

10. Infection Prevention in Wound Management.

11. Control of Infection in Paediatric Settings.

12. Peri-operative Care Settings.

13. Specialist Care Settings.

14. The Isolated Patient.

15. The immunocompromised Patient.

16. Decontamination