Full Description
Decontamination in Hospitals and Healthcare, Second Edition, enables users to obtain detailed knowledge of decontamination practices in healthcare settings, including surfaces, devices, clothing and people, with a specific focus on hospitals and dental clinics.
Contents
1. The importance of decontamination in hospitals and healthcare
2. The history of decontamination in hospitals
3. Quality and supply of water used in hospitals
4. Control of Legionella in hosptial potable water systems
5. Waterborne transmission of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
6 Mycobacteria chimaera infections and their transmission from heater-cooler units
7 Decontamination of hand washbasins and traps in hospitals
8 Infection control in Europe
9 The role of the nurse in decontamination
10 The role of protective clothing in healthcare and its decontamination
11 Cleaning and decontamination of the healthcare environment
12 Biocides and decontamination agents including sporicides for decontamination in hospitals
13 The role of antimicrobial surfaces in hospitals to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)
14 Use of gaseous decontamination technologies for wards and isolation rooms in hospitals and healthcare settings
15 An overview of automated room disinfection systems: When to use them and how to choose them
16 Testing strategies and international standards for disinfectants
17 The role of standards in decontamination
18 Decontamination of prions
19 Decontamination of dental devices in the hospital and general dental practice setting
20 An overview of current surgical instrument and other medical device decontamination practices
21 Efficacy of current and novel cleaning technologies (ProReveal) for assessing protein contamination on surgical instruments
22 Decontamination of flexible endoscopes
23 Sterilization of flexible endoscopes
24 Future trends in decontamination in hospitals and healthcare
