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Infection Prevention and Control

ISBN: 978-1-405-14038-6

September 2007

Wiley-Blackwell

304 pages

Description
Infection prevention and control is an essential component of care, and an issue high on the agenda for both nurses and patients. This concise, accessible text provides students and newly qualified staff with an invaluable guide to the essential principles of infection prevention and control, equipping them with the knowledge and skills needed to provide safe and effective care.

Infection Prevention and Control addresses key aspects of infection control in everyday practice, together with more specific considerations in particular aspects of care. It explores risk assessment, discusses how to prevent the spread of infection and control of specific and common infections. It looks at how infection can be managed in a wide variety of settings, including paediatric settings, critical care settings, and specialist care settings.
to provide safe and effective care.

About the Author
Christine Perry is Nurse Consultant/ Director- Infection Prevention and Control, Bristol Royal Infirmary
Features
• A practical, evidence-based guide
• Examines key aspects of infection control in everyday practice
• Explores specific considerations in continence care, intravenous therapy, nutritional care and wound care
• Examines risk assessment, specimen collection and safe decontamination and storage of equipment