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    Bjørg 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.
    Digital Access Springer 2019