Hospital Infection Prevention

Part I. The Mighty World of Microbes: An Overview

1. The Mighty World of Microbes: An Overview
Iass Lakkis, Nancy Khardori

Part II. Vaccinations and Infection Prevention

2. Vaccinations and Infection Prevention
Vivek Kak

Part III. Current Practices for Infection Prevention in the Hospital Settings

3. Current Practices for Infection Prevention in the Hospital Settings
Alice Haynes, Nancy Khardori

Part IV. Hospital Infection Prevention Program

4. Hospital Infection Prevention Program
Pallab Ray, Lipika Singhal

Part V. Infection Prevention

5. The Role of Microbiology Laboratory in Infection Prevention
Erin Fortier, Nancy Khardori

6. Role of Antimicrobial Stewardship in Infection Prevention
Thomas J. Lynch, Erin Fortier, Divya Trehan, Nancy Khardori

7. A Four-Step Approach to Antibiotic Stewardship in India: Formulation of Antibiotic Policy
Chand Wattal, J. K. Oberoi

Part VI. Role of Hospital Housekeeping and Materials Management Including Disinfection and Waste Management

8. Role of Hospital Housekeeping and Materials Management Including Disinfection and Waste Management
Purva Mathur

Part VII. Hand Hygiene and Personal Protective Equipment

9. Hand Hygiene and Personal Protective Equipment
Arti Kapil

Part VIII. Decontamination and Sterilization Procedures

10. Decontamination and Sterilization Procedures
Chand Wattal, J. K. Oberoi

Part IX. Monitoring of High-Risk Areas

11. Monitoring of High-Risk Areas: Intensive Care Units
B. K. Rao

12. Monitoring of High-Risk Areas: Operating Suite
Jayashree Sood, Chand Sahai

13. Monitoring of High-Risk Areas: Maternity Wards
Bhavna Anand, Kanwal Gujral

14. Monitoring of High-Risk Areas: Cancer Wards
Jeewan Garg, Anupam Sachdeva

15. Monitoring of High-Risk Areas: Dialysis Units
Ashwini Gupta

16. Monitoring of High-Risk Areas: Burn Units
Sarika Jain, Rajni Gaind

Part X. Infection Prevention for Procedures in Wards

17. Infection Prevention for Procedures in Wards
Sushant Wattal, Neeraj Goel

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention