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Hospital Infection Prevention: Principles & Practices

By Ph.D. (auth.) , Iass El Lakkis M.D. , Nancy Khardori M.D. , Chand Wattal , Nancy Khardori (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer India
Year
2014
ISBN
978-81-322-1607-0, 978-81-322-1608-7
DOI
10.1007/978-81-322-1608-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1630162 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
177\171
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-11-01 20:16:57
Infectious Diseases; Public Health; Health Promoti

Description

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. At the same time, the text provides a comprehensive, thorough and up to date information on all aspects of infection prevention in a reader-friendly manner and therefore, will serve as a valuable reference.

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