Legal Issues in Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control Mary Anne Bobinski Infection control in hospitals is a major problem associated with significant personal and economic costs. There are about 2…
Economic Analysis in Healthcare Epidemiology Linda M. Mundy Anucha Apisarnthanarak Economic analysis requires technical skill and clinical expertise with results that contribute to fiscal accountability, programmatic support, policies, legislation, and…
Role of the Microbiology Laboratory and Molecular Epidemiology in Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control Charles W. Stratton IV John N. Greene In the late 19th century, early microbiologists such as…
Epidemiology and Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections Related to Animals in the Hospital David J. Weber William A. Rutala Americans keep a wide variety of animals as household pets. Common pets…
Infection Control and the Employee Health Service Pamela S. Falk Hospitals, although traditionally a refuge for the sick and injured, not only are very dangerous environments for healthcare workers but…
Education of Healthcare Workers in the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections Karen K. Hoffmann Eva P. Clontz In the healthcare setting, ongoing education is required for several reasons. First, all healthcare…
Hand Washing and Hand Disinfection Manfred L. Rotter Although the importance of hands for the transmission of infectious diseases was not demonstrable before the 19th century when medicine began to…
Isolation of Patients With Communicable Diseases Jason E. Bowling Jose Cadena Jan Evans Patterson Despite advances in the control of infectious diseases in the last century, there is more interest…
Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections Katherine Allen-Bridson Gloria C. Morrell Teresa C. Horan Surveillance is the ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data essential to the planning, implementation, and…
A Methodologically Focused Review of the Literature in Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control Matthew Samore Stephan I. Harbarth The use of appropriate epidemiologic methods in experimental design and data analysis…
