Abstract

Effectiveness of Built-in Bathroom Facilities in Reducing Inpatient Falls from an Acute Care Setting

Highlights

  • Anosocomial infection — called “hospitalacquired infection” can be defined as: An infection acquired in hospital by a patient who was admitted for a reason other than that infection [1]

  • This manual has been developed to be a practical, basic, resource which may be used by individuals with an interest in nosocomial infections and their control, as well as those who work in nosocomial infection control in health care facilities

  • Many factors contribute to the frequency of nosocomial infections: hospitalized patients are often immunocompromised, they undergo invasive examinations and treatments, and patient care practices and the hospital environment may facilitate the transmission of microorganisms among patients

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Summary

A PRACTICAL GUIDE

M. Thuriaux,World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland P.

Introduction
CHAPTER I
Definitions of nosocomial infections
Urinary infections
Surgical site infections
Nosocomial pneumonia
Nosocomial bacteraemia
Other nosocomial infections
Bacteria
Viruses
Parasites and fungi
Reservoirs and transmission
CHAPTER II
National or regional programmes
Hospital programmes
Infection Control Committee
Infection control manual
CHAPTER II. INFECTION CONTROL PROGRAMMES
Role of the nursing staff
Role of the central sterilization service
2.3.10 Role of maintenance
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER III. NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION SURVEILLANCE
Prevention: decisions and corrective actions
Sources
Data elements
Analysis
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER IV. DEALING WITH OUTBREAKS
CHAPTER V
Medium
Optimal “hand hygiene” requirements
Procedures
Resource availability
Antiseptic hand cleaning
Clothing Working clothes
Cooking utensils
Drying
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CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VI. PREVENTION OF COMMON ENDEMIC NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS
Operating room environment
Operating room attire
Pre-intervention preparation of the patient
Central vascular totally implanted catheters
CHAPTER VII
Practical aspects
Antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms
11. CDC recommendations for preventing the spread of vancomycin-resistance
Buildings
Materials
Airborne contamination and transmission
Ventilation
Operating theatres
Drinking-water
Microbiological monitoring
Agents of food poisoning and foodborne infections
Factors contributing to food poisoning
Prevention of food poisoning
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER IX. ANTIMICROBIAL USE AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
CHAPTER X
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