Infection Prevention: New Perspectives and Controversies, 2nd Edition

By Gonzalo Bearman, Daniel J. Morgan, Rekha K. Murthy, Susy Hota 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. Product Details Publisher ‏ : ‎ Springer; 2nd ed. 2022 edition (June 29, 2022) Language ‏ : ‎ English Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 421 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3030984265 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3030984267 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9783030984267 eText ISBN: 9783030984274