BookBjørg Marit Andersen.
Summary: This volume offers extensive information on preventive and infection surveillance procedures, routines and policies adapted to the optimal infection control level needed to tackle today’s microbes in hospital practice. It especially focuses on preventive measures for serious hospital infections. Each chapter includes a practical section that addresses the main aspects of procedures and treatment, and a theoretical section that contains updated documentation that can be used for further study, or to help select infection control measures. Infection control concerns all healthcare professional working directly or indirectly with patients; in diagnosis, treatment, isolation measures, operations, equipment, drugs, cleaning, textiles, transport, porter service, food and water, building and maintenance, etc. Hygiene and environmental control is central to infection prevention for patients, visitors and staff alike. Good hygienic practices, individual infection control, well implemented and frequent environmental cleaning, and a high professional standard of hygiene in the treatment and care of patients, are essential to patient safety and a safe working environment. Addressing this essential topic, this book is intended for doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers, students in health-related subjects, hospital managers and health bureaucrats, as well as patients and their families.
Contents:
Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI), registering and prevalence
Microbes and ways of transmission
Antimicrobials and resistance
Tracing and prevention of infections
Prevention of infections in Healthcare workers (HCW)
Hand hygiene and the use of gloves
Protection of Airways
Isolation to protect against microbial transmission
Care of patients; patient hygiene, mouth hygiene, treatment of wounds etc.
Protection against airborne infections; ventilator equipments: use, cleaning and disinfection; ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) etc.
Prevention of postoperative wound infections
Surgical hand disinfection
Operation department- prevention of infections
Treatment of operation wounds and drains
Peritoneal dialysis
Hemodialysis
Catheter-associated, bloodborne infections
Prevention of urinary tract infections
Protection of premature and newborne against infections
Intensive patient treatment
prevention of infections
^Cystic fibrosis
infections and preventive measures
Important patient information before admission
Import infections, unknown infection – preventive measures
HCW exposed for infections
Preventing transmission in healthcare institutions
Disinfection of instruments and equipment
Disinfection of endoscopes and other special equipment
Sterilization
Medicine room; hygiene and infection control
Cleaning of patient rooms and departments
Disinfection of rooms and areas
Textiles; wash, control, transport and store
Patient beds; wash, control, transport and store
Human-biological waste; treatment, storing cleaning, control
Ambulances in acute medicine and other transport of patients
Food and other nourishment; service, dishwashing and control of hygiene
Water and water systems in hospitals
Technical and medical-technical equipment – infection control
Laboratory medicine – infection control
^Building, arrange and establish on wards/departments
Intern hygiene control – check list
Dangerous microbes – preparedness in hospitals
Resources for infection control work in hospitals.