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Antibiotic Policies: Controlling Hospital Acquired Infection
Author(s): Ian M. Gould (Editor), Jos W.M. van der Meer
- Publisher: Springer
- Publication Date: September 26, 2011
- Language: English
- Print length: 224 pages
- ISBN-10: 1441917365
- ISBN-13: 9781441917362
Book Description
Healthcare Associated Infections – The Size of the Problem.- The Antibiotic Paradox.- The Epidemiology of Pan/Extreme Drug Resistance.- Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship to Control Resistance – how should it be done?.- Controlling Clostridium difficile infection and the role of antibiotic stewardship.- The control of MRSA.- The role of antibiotic policies in controlling VRE.- The control of ESBL producing bacteria.- Controlling Hospital-Acquired Infection due to Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE).- Control of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter infections.- The control of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas: Insights into epidemiology and management.- Multidrug-resistant infections in low-resource health care settings.- Germ Shed Management in the United States.- Required actions.
