Mosby's PDQ for Infection Control

Integrating the latest evidence-based epidemiology and CDC guidelines, this pocket-sized reference provides key knowledge in a handy, easy-to-use format! Bulleted lists, tables, and charts make this reference perfect for use on the go. Content covers infection control from every angle of the nursing floor – including precautions for caring for patients with infections, principles of infection control, and placement of patients with infections.
Key Features

* Get fast access to illustrations, charts, and tables with the quick-reference format and 8 easy-to-find tabbed sections.
* Keep yourself and your patients safe from infection with information on how to implement the CDC and WHO’s guidelines for hand hygiene and environmental infection control.
* Find important information quickly with charts of the most common infectious agents/diseases and clinical conditions that call for isolation precautions.
* Stay informed with the latest developments in the field with summaries of the CDC’s new guidelines and reviews of literature on infection control science.
* Contain infections with updated coverage of the principles of pathogen transmission, barrier precautions, isolation practices, and respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette.
* Locate content quickly with a rapid-reference table of contents for each section with handy cross-references.
* Lay the book flat and leave your hands free to work with convenient spiral binding.

Table of Contents

Hand Hygiene

Environmental Contamination Prevention/Infection Source Control

Standard Precautions

Contact Precautions

Droplet Precautions

Airborne Precautions

Respiratory Hygiene/Cough Etiquette

Diseases/Conditions Requiring Precautions.

Appendix A: Donning and Removing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Appendix B: Institute for Health Improvement (IHI) Bundles: Central Line Bundles and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Bundles.