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Infection Prevention and Control
Home Healthcare Nurse: The Journal for the Home Care and Hospice Professional, 1975Dubay, Elaine C and Grubb, Reba D, St Louis: C V Mosby Co, 1973, 160 pp, $4.90 paperback.
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Prevention and Control of Infection
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice, 1985Foal septicemia is a major cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. In order to improve success rates, earlier diagnosis and treatment are essential. This article stresses methods to prevent and treat infections in the compromised equine neonate.
A M, Koterba, B, Brewer, W H, Drummond
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Infection Control and Prevention
2014Abstract This chapter considers the prevention and control of infection in the cardiac intensive care unit. Standard infection control precautions are described, with specific details of hand hygiene and transmission-based precautions. The prevention and management of Clostridium difficile, MRSA, and influenza are described.
Nitish Khana, Theresa Inkster
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Infection prevention and control
2014Infection prevention and control is an important component of healthcare delivery. Healthcare workers are potentially exposed to infections on a daily basis which can pose a threat to their health, as well as to the health of patients under their care.
Sara-Catrin Cook +3 more
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Infection prevention and control
2019This chapter discusses infection prevention and control, which has always been a major priority within any healthcare environment. As an increasing range of organisms are causing outbreaks of infection, the importance of infection prevention and control has never been greater.
Sheila Morgan, Michael Ford
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Infection Control and Prevention Considerations
2014Due to the nature of their underlying illness and treatment regimens, cancer patients are at increased risk of infection. Though the advent and widespread use of anti-infective agents has allowed for the application of ever-greater immune-suppressing therapies with successful treatment of infectious complications, prevention of infection remains the ...
Titus L, Daniels, Thomas R, Talbot
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Infection Prevention and Control
Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 1992Nurses are clearly at risk for exposure to HIV through blood and body fluids, and they frequently use needles and sharp objects. In addition, critical care patients are at high risk for nosocomial infections due to other etiologic agents. This article addresses reducing the risk of infection for both nurses and patients using a variety of strategies.
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PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIONS
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1947IN THE monthly bulletin issued by the Children's Bureau in March 1942 there appeared the following statements: "Among the causes of neonatal deaths (deaths of infants under one month of age) in the report of the United Bureau of Census, premature birth played the chief role, accounting for 46 per cent of these deaths in 1940." In Chicago, except for ...
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Infection prevention and control
Abstract This chapter provides an overview of infection control within healthcare institutions, with summaries of important relevant clinical syndromes such as hospital-acquired pneumonia and Clostridioides difficile infections. Reference is made to key legislation, regulatory bodies, and national guidelines.Philip Woodrow, Barry Hill
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Infection Prevention and Control
2017This book sets out to offer a range of perceptions and perspectives related to infection prevention and control from a number of varying individuals across the health care spectrum. In relation to this as you read through the chapters it will become evident that each of the editors and contributors has offered their own unique and individualistic ...
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