Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control

Thoroughly revised and updated for its Fourth Edition, this highly acclaimed volume is the most comprehensive reference on hospital epidemiology and infection control.\n\nWritten by over 150 leading experts, this new edition examines every type of hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infection and addresses every issue relating to surveillance, prevention, and control of these infections in patients and in healthcare workers. This new edition features new or significantly increased coverage of emerging infectious diseases, avian influenza, governmental regulation of infection control and payment practices related to hospital-acquired infections, molecular epidemiology, the increasing prevalence of community-acquired MRSA in healthcare facilities, system-wide infection control provisions for healthcare systems, hospital infection control issues following natural disasters, and antimicrobial stewardship in reducing the development of antimicrobial-resistant organisms.Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control 4th Edition is written by C. Glen Mayhall and published by Wolters Kluwer Health. ISBNs for Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control are 9781975136123, 1975136128 and the print ISBNs are 9781608313006, 160831300X.