Ayliffe's control of healthcare-associated infection : a practical handbook

List of contributors vii Foreword by Graham AJ Ayliffe ix Preface to the fifth edition xi Part One: Basic principles 1 Introduction Adam Fraise 3 2 Administration and responsibility Adam Fraise 13 3 Surveillance, audit, records and reports Peter Wilson 41 4 Sterilization Peter Hooper 67 5 Physical and chemical disinfection Christina Bradley 88 6 Decontamination of equipment, the environment and the skin Adam Fraise and Christina Bradley 107 7 Laundry, kitchens and healthcare waste Peter Hoffman 150 Part Two: Prophylaxis and treatment of infections 8 Use of antimicrobial agents Elizabeth SR Darley and Alasdair P MacGowan 171 9 Control of bloodborne viral infections Samir Dervisevic and Deenan Pillay 187 10 Immunization and specific prophylaxis Jonathan North 209 11 The role of occupational health services in the control of infection Tar-Ching Aw 226 12 Special problems of infections MRSA Georgia Duckworth 237 Glycopeptide-resistant enterococci Gary L French 245 Clostridium difficile Mark H Wilcox 253 Resistant Gram-negative rods Peter M Hawkey and Savita Gossain 259 CJD Donald J Jeffries 270 Tuberculosis Adam Fraise and E Grace Smith 279 Legionnaire’s disease (Legionella pneumonia) Christina Bradley and Adam Fraise 285 Part Three: Prevention 13 Prevention of infection in wards and outpatient departments Dawn Hill and Susan Millward 305 14 Prevention of infection in special wards and departments Paediatrics Adam Fraise 330 Burns Michael J Weinbren 336 Renal Muhammad Raza and Alison Hames 343 Critical care units Michael A Cooper 351 Obstetrics and gynaecology Richard PD Cooke and Julie Hughes 359 Transplants Manjusha Narayanan and Kate Gould 367 Operating theatres Eric Taylor and Peter Hoffman 375 15 Prevention of infection in allied health areas and service departments Radiology Rebecca Evans 396 Physiotherapy and occupational therapy Christine Perry 405 Pharmacy Conor Jamieson and Said Noorazar 410 Sterile services department Adam Fraise and Christina Bradley 416 Ambulance service Avril Weaver 421 Pathology laboratories Adam Fraise and Christina Bradley 428 Dental practice Andrew J Smith 436 Chiropody Rebecca Evans 447 16 Infection prevention and control in the community Iain Blair 458 Index 487