Infection Prevention (eBook)

The first edition of Infection Prevention reviewed evolving areas in infection prevention on topics including contact precautions, technology implementation, specific infections, and care in various settings. It summarized the current data on infection prevention, presents controversies on the various topics, and includes recommendations for patient safety. Addressing hot topics such as MRSA, C. difficile vaccination, mandatory flu vaccines, and CLABSI, this is the only text to include prevention and control overviews across a range of infection issues.

Written by experts in the field, this successor edition will update current chapters on the most cutting-edge models of care on emerging and evolving topics in infectious diseases. It will also include new material and chapters on high-level disinfection, diagnostic test stewardship, unique pathogens units, outpatient antibiotic stewardship, outpatient antibiotic therapy, as well as a chapter on infection prevention metrics: how much can we prevent healthcare associated infections and how hard should we try.

The second edition of Infection Prevention: New Perspectives and Controversies is a valuable resource for infection prevention professionals, healthcare quality and safety professionals, caring for patients in in- and outpatient settings.

Gonzalo Bearman MD, MPH

Richard P. Wenzel Professor of Medicine

Chair, Division of Infectious Diseases

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

Richmond, Virginia, USA

Daniel J Morgan, MD, MS

Associate Professor, Chief Hospital Epidemiologist

Epidemiology, Public Health and Medicine

University of Maryland School of Medicine and Baltimore VA Medical Center

Baltimore, MD, USA

Rekha K. Murthy, MD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases,

Cedars-Sinai

Professor of Clinical Medicine,

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Los Angeles, CA , USA

Susy Hota MD MSc

Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control

University Health Network

Associate Professor

Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada