Includes bibliographical references and index.

Epidemiology of Healthcare-Associated Infections -- The Healthcare Epidemiologist -- Hand Hygiene -- Occupational Infection Prevention and Control Services -- The Development of Infection Prevention and Surveillance Programs -- Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections -- Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections -- Investigating Endemic and Epidemic Healthcare-Associated Infections -- Epidemiologic Methods for Investigating Infections in the Healthcare Setting -- The Role of the Laboratory in Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections -- The Practice of Epidemiology in Community Hospitals -- The Role of Professional, Governmental, and Regulatory Organizations in Infection Prevention and Control -- Antimicrobial Stewardship : Programmatic Efforts to Optimize Antimicrobial Use -- Multidrug-Resistant Organisms : Epidemiology and Control -- Molecular Biology of Resistance A Brief History of Resistance Mechanisms and the Discovery of Gene Transfer -- Economic Evaluation of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Infection-Control and Antimicrobial-Stewardship Interventions -- Epidemiology, Prevention and Control of Healthcare-acquired Infections in Limited -- The Inanimate Environment -- Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities -- Foodborne Disease Prevention in Healthcare Facilities -- Clinical Laborator Acquired Infections -- Dialysis-Associated Complications and Their Control -- The Intensive Care Unit : Antibiotic Resistance and Prevention of CVC-BSIs, Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections, and C. difficile -- The Newborn Nursery and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit -- The Perioperative Suite Ambulatory Care Settings -- Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities -- Incidence and Nature of Endemic and Epidemic Healthcare-Associated Infections -- Urinary Tract Infections -- Hospital-Acquired and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia -- Nosocomial Tuberculosis -- Infectious Gastroenteritis -- Central Nervous System Infections -- Surgical Site Infection :Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Risk Factors and Evidence-Based Interventional Strategies -- Infections of Burn Wounds -- Infections due to Infusion Therapy -- Infections of Implantable Cardiac and Vascular Devices -- Infections in Skeletal Prosthesis and Allografts -- The Importance of Infection Control in Controlling Antimicrobial-Resistant Organisms -- Healthcare-Associated Respiratory Viral Infections -- Preventing Transmission of Bloodborne Pathogens in the Healthcare Setting -- Healthcare-Associated Fungal Infections -- Healthcare-Associated Infections in Transplant Recipients -- Miscellaneous Procedure-Related Infections -- Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infection Rates -- Patient Safety -- Peripheral Venous Catheters -- The Coronaviruses-SARS-CoV-1, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).

"Written by the world's foremost leaders in the field of nosocomial infections, Bennett & Brachman's Hospital Infections, 7th Edition, is a must-have text for preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs) in all inpatient and outpatient healthcare settings. This comprehensive volume provides up-to-date, authoritative coverage on all aspects of this vital topic, with editor Dr. William R. Jarvis leading a team of notable contributors from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as additional authors who provide an international perspective on HAIs. The newly revised and expanded seventh edition continues to be an invaluable resource for anyone working in infection prevention and control, quality assurance or risk management in healthcare settings. Provides evidence-based strategies for the prevention of the big four HAIs-CLABSIs, CAUTIs, SSIs, and VAE. Contains a new comprehensive chapter on Coronaviruses, including COVID-19. Expanded new chapters on antimicrobial stewardship, HAI prevention in community hospitals and hospitals in resource-limited settings, the inanimate environment, disinfection and sterilization, and prevention of fungal infections and infections in burn patients. Contains a new comprehensive chapter on the Prevention of infections and other complications associated with Peripheral Intravenous Devices. Covers the latest prevention strategies through coverage of automated room terminal disinfection (ultraviolet germicidal irradiation or hydrogen peroxide gas or vapor). Includes the latest evidence-based data on the control of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens, such as carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae, Clostridioides difficile, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant Enterococci, and Candida auris. Enrich Your eBook Reading Experience Read directly on your preferred device(s), such as computer, tablet, or smartphone. Easily convert to audiobook, powering your content with natural language text-to-speech. "-- Provided by publisher.