Getting started
An introduction to practical hospital epidemiology / Ebbing Lautenbach, Preeti N. Malani, and Keith Woeltje
How to get paid for healthcare epidemiology: a practical guide / Daniel J. Sexton and Russell M. Petrak
Ethical aspects of infection control / Loreen A. Herwaldt and Lauris C. Kaldjian
Epidemiologic methods in infection control / Ebbing Lautenbach
Quality improvement in healthcare epidemiology / Susan Macarthur, Frederick Browne, and Louise-Marie Dembry
Isolation / Michael Edmond
Disinfection and sterilization in healthcare facilities / William A. Rutala and David J. Weber
21st century microbiology laboratory support for healthcare-associated infection control and prevention / Lance R. Peterson and Marc Oliver Wright
Molecular typing systems / Jeffrey Hafkin, Laura Chandler, and Joel Maslow
Informatics for infection prevention / Keith F. Woeltje and Anne M. Butler
Surveillance and prevention
Basics of surveillance : an overview / Trish M. Perl
Outbreak investigations / Arjun Srinivasan and William R. Jarvis
Urinary tract infection / Eric Cober, Emily Shuman, and Carol E. Chenoweth
Preventing hospital-acquired pneumonia / Emily K. Shuman and Carol E. Chenoweth
Basics of surgical site infection surveillance and prevention / Lisa L. Maragakis and Trish M. Perl
Surveillance and prevention of infections associated with vascular catheters / Werner Ernst Bischoff
Antimicrobial resistant organisms
Control of multidrug resistant gram-positive pathogens / Trevor van Schooneveld and Mark E. Rupp
Control of gram-negative antibiotic-resistant pathogens / Anthony Harris and Kerri Thom
Clostridium difficile infection / Natasha Bagdasarian and Preeti N. Malani
Improving the use of antimicrobial agents / Robert A. Duncan and Kenneth R. Lawrence
Special topics
Hand hygiene / John M. Boyce and Didier Pittet
Biological disaster preparedness / Sandro Cinti and Eden Wells
Exposure workups / Louise-Marie Dembry, Stephanie Holley, Hitoshi Honda, Loreen A. Herwaldt, and Jean M. Pottinger
Employee health and infection control / Tara N. Palmore and David K. Henderson
Tuberculosis infection control in healthcare settings / Henry M. Blumberg
Infection control in long-term care facilities / Lindsay E. Nicolle
Infection prevention and control in the outpatient setting / Deborah M. Nihill and Tammy Lundstrom
Infection prevention in resouce-limited settings / Anucha Apisarnthanarak, M. Cristina Ajenjo, and Virginia R. Roth
Patient safety
Administrative issues
Administering an infection prevention program / Darren R. Linkin and P.J. Brennan
Overview of important regulatory and accreditating agencies / Virgina R. Roth and Mark Loeb
Government mandates and infection control / Judene Bartley, Tammy Lundstrom, Mary Nettleman, and Gina Pugliese
Product evaluation / Stephen G. Weber
Infection control in construction and renovation / William M. Valenti
Infection prevention in construction and renovation / Loie Ruhl and Loreen A. Herwaldt
Practical hospital epidemiology : an introduction / Ebbing Lautenbach, Preeti N. Malani, Keith Woeltje.
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Practical healthcare epidemiology. ISBN 9780226471020. Published by University of Chicago Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
