| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 155 pages .) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The burden of healthcare-association infection -- Committing to prevent infection -- Types of interventions -- Building the team -- Leadership techniques for prevention initiatives -- Common problems, realistic solutions -- Toward sustainability -- Collaborative approaches to prevention infection -- Taking on C. difficile -- The future of infection prevention. |
| Summary |
Nearly 2 million Americans develop a healthcare-associated infection each year, and some 100,000 of them die as a result. Such infections are highly preventable, particularly through the adoption and implementation of evidence-based methods for reducing patient infection at the point of care. In cases where hospitals fall short of their goals for improving infection prevention, their failures are often rooted in a low rate of staff adherence to the new prevention policies. In easy-to-read, user-friendly language, Preventing Hospital Infections leads readers through a step-by-step description o. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nosocomial infections -- Prevention -- Management.
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Nosocomial infections -- Prevention. |
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Management. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Krein, Sarah L., author.
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Stock, Robert W., author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Saint, Sanjay. Preventing hospital infections. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014] 9780199398836 0199398836 (DLC) 2014019487 |
| ISBN |
0199398844 (electronic book) |
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9780199398843 (electronic book) |
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9780199398836 (alkaline paper) |
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0199398836 (alkaline paper) |
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