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Title:

Infection control in long-term care facilities / edited by Philip W. Smith.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publisher:

Delmar Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c1994

Description:

xv, 268 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Long-term care facilities--Sanitation.
Nursing homes--Sanitation.
Nosocomial infections--Prevention.
Aged--Prevention.--Prevention.
Nursing homes.
Infection Control--methods.
Cross infection--Prevention & control.

Other Authors:

Smith, Philip W.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

A few basics about infections / Philip W. Smith -- Immunity in the elderly / Jane F. Potter -- Infections in the elderly / Brenda A. Nurse and Richard A. Garibaldi -- Nosocomial infections in nursing homes / Philip W. Smith -- Pulmonary infections: influenza, pneumonia, and tuberculosis / Joseph M. Mylotte and David W. Bentley -- Urinary tract infections / Lindsay E. Nicolle -- Pressure ulcers / Joyce M. Black and Steven B. Black -- Gastrointestinal infections / Jane S. Roccaforte -- Infection control program organization / Philip W. Smith -- Surveillance in the long-term care facility / Patricia G. Rusnak and Linda A. Horning -- Epidemic investigation / Philip W. Smith -- Antibiotics / Jane S. Roccaforte and Philip W. Smith -- Regulations, policies, and procedures / Patricia G. Rusnak and Mary C. Boehle -- Infection control staff training and management / Pamela B. Daly -- HIV infection, AIDS, and universal precautions / Virginia M. Helget and Jane S. Roccaforte -- Infection control aspects of the employee health program / Kent B. Crossley --
Infection control measures: the resident / Judith K. Stern and Philip W. Smith -- Infection control measures: the environmental reservoir / Nancy J. Haberstich -- Infection control measures to block transmission: isolation and beyond / Vicki G. Pritchard.

ISBN:

9780827356863
0827356862

OCLC:

(OCoLC)30922379
(OCoLC)29899183

LCCN:

93073012

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)