Hospital Infection Control: Setting Up a Cost-effective Programme (Oxford Medical Publications) - Softcover

Mehtar, Shaheen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192620339 ISBN 13: 9780192620330

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1992

Synopsis

This manual contains practical guidelines for the setting up and monitoring of effective programmes to control infection in hospitals.

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Review

'a useful summary of nosocomial pathogens, sources of infection, routes of transmission and patient factors increasing infection risk. Especially clear is a concise summary of outbreak investigations, with a description of the steps to follow in a suggested priority order ... this book represents a laudable approach and fills an important gap"Journal of Hospital Infection (1993)

'This book offers a concise and authoritative insight into the subject of Infection Control ... it successfully explores and covers the vast and varied areas of Infection Control ... this book is an ideal resource for anyone in the process of setting up an Infection Control service and for infection control doctors and nurses who are new in post.'A. Smith, Journal of Medical Microbiology, Vol. 39 (1993)

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192620339
• ISBN 13: 9780192620330
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 190