Hospital Infection

The art of medicine becomes science when supported by evidence. The recommended practices of infection prevention are based on scientific and epidemiologic evidence. However, most health care professionals see them as mandates and fail to incorporate them into their routine patient care activities. The core goal of this publication is to link the practices to the principles they are based on. The expectation is that understanding of the principles will change the practices from mandates to "should do" in the minds of health care professionals. This will lead to improvement in health care by preventing unintended harm to patients, co-workers and the communities at large.

Hospital acquired infections are becoming increasingly frequent across the world as the awareness of hospital infection, policies and implementation procedures are not well established in most of the hospitals.

Discover a practical, multidisciplinary approach to the prevention and management of nosocomial infection.

This volume is dedicated to Legionnaires' disease - an important public health topic as it involves environmental and public issues, as far as its spread and prevention are concerned.

The fifth edition of this classic text is the definitive, clinically orientated guide to a critical area within healthcare practice, full of sound, practical advice for all those involved in the control of infection in a variety of settings.