Horton, Rozila.

Informed infection control practice / Rozila Horton and Lynn Parker ; with a contribution by Diane Thompson ; foreword by Shiela Morgan. - 2nd ed. - Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 2002. - [vii], 300 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Previous ed.: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

SECTION 1: Strategic aspects of infection control:- 1. The changing role of infection control--2. Essential infection control: a framework for practice--3. Management of infection control--4. Knowledge management--5. Infection control and developing countries--SECTION 2: Infection control knowledge and practice:- 6. Infectious agents--7. Reservoirs--8. Portals of exit--9. Means of transmission--10. Portals of entry--11. Susceptible hosts--12. Safe care: reflective practice.

'Informed Infection Control Practice' covers every aspect of infection control nursing, including clinical work, management and education.

9780443071027 (hbk.) : �49.95 0443071020 �66.24


Cross infection--Prevention
Nosocomial infections--Prevention
Hospitals--Sanitation
Infection.
Communicable diseases--Prevention
Communicable diseases--Transmission
Clinical epidemiology.
Health and Wellbeing.
Nursing

RA969 / .H57 2002

614.44 HOR