Bennett & Brachman's hospital infections

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Bennett & Brachman's Hospital Infections has been an influential textbook on nosocomial infections for over 30 years. This book provides readers with the latest information in the field of healthcare epidemiology and hospital associated infections prevention and control.

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Full title :Bennett & Brachman's hospital infections / editor, William R. Jarvis, President, Jason and Jarvis Associates, LLC, Port Orford, Oregon, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, San Francisco, California.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014
Edition:Sixth edition

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Publisher(s):Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Place of Publication:Philadelphia
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 772 pages : : illustrations ; : 28 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781451175929, 1451175922
oclc:ocn847112400
LC Classification:RA969
Dewey Decimal:614.4/4

Contents note continued: 12. The Practice of Epidemiology in Community Hospitals / August J. Valenti -- 13. The Role of Professional, Governmental, and Regulatory Organizations in Infection Prevention and Control / Tammy S. Lundstrom -- 14. Antimicrobial Stewardship: Programmatic Efforts to Optimize Antimicrobial Use / William R. Jarvis -- 15. Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Epidemiology and Control / Mary K. Hayden -- 16. Molecular Biology of Resistance: A Brief History of Resistance Mechanisms and the Discovery of Gene Transfer / Robert A. Bonomo -- 17. Economic Evaluation of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Infection-Control and Antimicrobial-Stewardship Interventions / Sara E. Cosgrove -- 18. Epidemiology and Control of Healthcare-Acquired Infections in Limited-Resource Settings / Victor D. Rosenthal -- Section II Functional Areas of Concern -- 19. The Inanimate Environment / John M. Boyce -- 20. Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities / David J. Weber.

Contents note continued: 21. Foodborne Disease Prevention in Healthcare Facilities / Susan Springthorpe -- 22. Clinical Laboratory---Acquired Infections / L. Barth Reller -- 23. Dialysis-Associated Complicat…

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