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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787943203321

Autore

Saint Sanjay

Titolo

Preventing hospital infections : real-world problems, realistic solutions / / Sanjay Saint, Sarah L. Krein ; with Robert W. Stock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-939885-2

0-19-939886-0

0-19-939884-4

Edizione

[[First edition].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Disciplina

616.9

Soggetti

Communicable diseases - Treatment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Preventing Hospital Infections; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; About The Authors; 1 A New Strategy to Combat Hospital Infections; 2 Committing to an Infection Prevention Initiative; 3 Types of Interventions; 4 Building the Team; 5 The Importance of Leadership and Followership; 6 Common Problems, Realistic Solutions; 7 Toward Sustainability; 8 The Collaborative Approach to Preventing Infection; 9 Taking on C. Difficile; 10 The Future of Infection Prevention; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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