APPROACHES TO NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION: PREVENTION AND CONTROL, 2ND EDITION

Course overview

This basic-level course, appropriate for any healthcare provider who has direct patient contact, presents a number of topics related to infection prevention and control, including discussion of the means of pathogen transmission, epidemiological patterns of disease, the properties of well-known causes of nosocomial infections, risk factors and groups at risk for nosocomial infections, and recommended measures and practices (both general and specific) for the prevention and control of nosocomial infections both within and outside of healthcare facilities. Because of the potential for bioterrorist attacks involving diseases such as anthrax, botulism (fatal food poisoning), plague, and smallpox, consideration is also given to the nature of these diseases and approaches to their control.