Mosby's PDQ for Infection Control |
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Author:
| Riley, May Mei-Sheng |
ISBN: | 978-0-323-06403-3 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2009 |
Publisher: | Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
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Imprint: | Mosby |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $36.00 |
Book Description:
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Integrating the latest evidence-based epidemiology and CDC guidelines, this pocket-sized reference provides key knowledge in a handy, easy-to-use format! Bulleted lists, tables, and charts make this reference perfect for use on the go. Content covers infection control from every angle of the nursing floor - including precautions for caring for patients with infections, principles of infection control, and placement of patients with infections.
Integrating the latest evidence-based epidemiology and CDC guidelines, this pocket-sized reference provides key knowledge in a handy, easy-to-use format! Bulleted lists, tables, and charts make this reference perfect for use on the go. Content covers infection control from every angle of the nursing floor - including precautions for caring for patients with infections, principles of infection control, and placement of patients with infections.
- Get fast access to illustrations, charts, and tables with the quick-reference format and 8 easy-to-find tabbed sections.
- Keep yourself and your patients safe from infection with information on how to implement the CDC and WHO's guidelines for hand hygiene and environmental infection control.
- Find important information quickly with charts of the most common infectious agents/diseases and clinical conditions that call for isolation precautions.
- Stay informed with the latest developments in the field with summaries of the CDC's new guidelines and reviews of literature on infection control science.
- Contain infections with updated coverage of the principles of pathogen transmission, barrier precautions, isolation practices, and respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette.
- Locate content quickly with a rapid-reference table of contents for each section with handy cross-references.
- Lay the book flat and leave your hands free to work with convenient spiral binding.