Acknowledgments
About the Editors
Contributing Authors
Getting Started
1. Practical Hospital Epidemiology: An Introduction
Ebbing Lautenbach, Preeti N. Malani, and Keith F. Woeltje
2. How to Get Paid for Healthcare Epidemiology: A Practical Guide
Daniel J. Sexton and RussellM. Petrak
3. Ethical Aspects of Infection Prevention
Loreen A. Herwaldt and Lauris C. Kaldjian
4. Epidemiologic Methods in Infection Control
Ebbing Lautenbach
5. Quality Improvement in Healthcare Epidemiology
Susan MacArthur, Frederick A. Browne, and Louise-Marie Dembry
6. Isolation
Michael Edmond and Gonzalo M. L. Bearman
7. Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities
William A. Rutala and David J. Weber
8. Twenty-First Century Microbiology Laboratory Support for Healthcare-Associated Infection Control and Prevention
Lance R. Peterson, and Marc Oliver Wright
9. Molecular Typing Systems|
Jeffrey Hafkin, Laura Chandler, and Joel Maslow
10. Informatics for Infection Prevention
Keith F. Woeltje and Anne M. Butler
Surveillance and Prevention
11. Surveillance: An Overview
Trish M. Perl and Romanee Chaiwarith
12. Outbreak Investigations
Arjun Srinivasan and William R. Jarvis
13. Urinary Tract Infection
Eric Cober, Emily K. Shuman, and Carol E. Chenoweth
14. Preventing Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
Emily K. Shuman and Carol E. Chenoweth
15. Basics of Surgical Site Infection Surveillance and Prevention
Lisa L. Maragakis and Trish M. Perl
16. Surveillance and Prevention of Infections Associated with Vascular Catheters
Werner E. Bischoff
Antimicrobial-Resistant Organisms
17. Control of Gram-Positive Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens
Trevor Van Schooneveld and Mark E. Rupp
18. Control of Antibiotic-Resistant Gram-Negative Pathogens
Anthony Harris and Kerri Thom
19. Clostridium difficile Infection
Natasha Bagdasarian and Preeti N. Malani
20. Improving Use of Antimicrobial Agents
Robert A. Duncan and Kenneth R. Lawrence
Special Topics
21. Improving Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
John M. Boyce and Didier Pittet
22. Biological Disaster Preparedness
Sandro Cinti and Eden Wells
23. Exposure Workups
Louise-Marie Dembry, Stephanie Holley, Hitoshi Honda, Loreen A. Herwaldt, and Jean M. Pottinger
24. Employee Health and Occupational Medicine
Tara N. Palmore and David K. Henderson
25. Tuberculosis Infection Control in Healthcare Settings
Henry M. Blumberg
26. Infection Control in Long-Term Care Facilities
Lindsay E. Nicolle
27. Infection Prevention and Control in the Outpatient Setting
Deborah M. Nihill and Tammy Lundstrom
28. Infection Prevention in Resource-Limited Settings
Anucha Apisarnthanarak, M. Cristina Ajenjo, and Virginia R. Roth
29. Infection Control and Patient Safety
Darren R. Linkin and P. J. Brennan
Administrative Issues
30. Administering an Infection Prevention Program
Virgina R. Roth and Mark Loeb
31. An Overview of Important Regulatory and Accrediting Agencies
Judene Bartley, Tammy Lundstrom, Mary Nettleman, and Gina Pugliese
32. Government Mandates and Infection Control
Stephen G. Weber
33. Product Evaluation
William M. Valenti
34. Infection Prevention in Construction and Renovation
Loie Ruhl and Loreen A. Herwaldt
Index