The Control of Infections in Hospitals / / W. Harding Le Riche, Carolee E. Balcom, Gerald van Belle.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Le Riche, W. Harding,; Balcom, Carolee E.,; van Belle, Gerald,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1966
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 p.)

With the mounting public interest in disease, health, physicians, nurses, and hospitals, it is necessary to study problems in the field with a view to constructive improvement. This report will stimulate constructive change and give support to improvements in individual hospitals. Based mainly on a...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• 1. Introduction
• PART 1
• 2. Design and Methods of Study
• PART 2
• 3. Specific Nursing Practice
• 4. Dressing Techniques
• 5. Prevention and Care of Urinary Infections
• PART 3
• 6. Present Isolation Facilities
• 7. Specific Control Measures in Isolation Areas
• 8. The Control of Infections in and beyond the Hospital
• PART 4
• 9. Physical Structure of the Surgical Suite
• 10. Surgical Aseptic Techniques
• PART 5
• 11. General Hospital Housekeeping
• 12. Disinfection of High Risk and Other Hospital Areas
• 13. Disinfection of Blankets, Pillows and Mattresses
• 14. Laundry Practice
• 15. Other Aspects of Environmental Control
• PART 6
• 16. Chemical Disinfection with Special Reference to Skin
• 17. Sterilization of Hospital Equipment
• 18. Environmental Disinfection
• PART 7
• 19. Statistical Analysis of Questionnaire Data
• 20. Evaluation of Aseptic Practice in General Hospitals Only
• PART 8. APPENDICES
• A. The Infectious Disease Process and Mechanisms of Disease Spread and Control
• B. Comments from Hospitals
• C. Tables of Answers to Questionnaire Survey
• D. Scoring of Selected Questions
• Index