Infection Prevention and Control Issues in the Environment of Care - Softcover

JCR

Softcover

ISBN 10: 163585332X ISBN 13: 9781635853322

Publisher: JCR Publishing, 2023

Synopsis

Approximately 1 in 30 hospital patients develops a health care associated infection (HAI) on any given day, and about 70,000 individuals die as a direct or indirect result of such infections each year. And the impact goes beyond hospitals and even beyond health care these infections carry a significant financial burden, especially in low- and middle-income nations. In the United States, treating patients who develop HAIs costs billions of dollars annually. The fourth edition of the best-selling Infection Control and Prevention Issues in the Environment of Care is designed to help infection preventionists, other infection prevention and control practitioners, and physical environment professionals collaborate to design, improve, and manage an infection prevention and control program that will protect patients, staff, and visitors from the threat of infection. This edition explores the keys to maintaining a safe, infection-free environment, which includes reducing and controlling environmental hazards and risks. It examines various infection risks, both in the United States and abroad, that can be minimized or eradicated through proper management of the physical environment. Key Key Infection Prevention and Control (IC); Environment of Care (EC); Emergency Management (EM) International standards for Prevention and Control of Infections (PCI) and Facility Management and Safety (FMS) All settings Key Infection preventionists, infection prevention and control program leaders, facility managers, environment of care staff, housekeeping

Edition details

• Publisher: JCR Publishing
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 163585332X
• ISBN 13: 9781635853322
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5