Healthcare-Associated Infections Following Transfusion of Blood and Blood Products Charles J. Schleupner Eyad Cheikh The transfusion of blood and blood products exposes recipient patients to both noninfectious and infectious adverse…
Healthcare-Associated Infections Related to Respiratory Therapy Keith S. Kaye Dror Marchaim David J. Weber William A. Rutala The most representative data on the incidence of healthcare-associated infections have been provided…
Infections Associated With Peritoneal Dialysis John J. Szela Jeffrey D. Band HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Although peritoneal dialysis has been used to treat acute renal failure for many years, it has only…
Infections That Complicate the Insertion of Prosthetic Devices Ilker Uçkay Daniel P. Lew Didier Pittet The insertion of implants and medical devices is now a common procedure that benefits patients,…
Control of Infections Associated With Hemodialysis Priti R. Patel Nicola D. Thompson Matthew J. Arduino The findings and conclusions in this chapter are those of the authors and do not…
Infection Risks of Endoscopy John Holton Endoscopic procedures are used worldwide for both diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. Considering the numbers of endoscopies that must be performed annually, the incidence of…
Healthcare-Associated Infections That Complicate Invasive Procedures in Cardiology Winfried Ebner Markus Dettenkofer Few prospective studies on healthcare-associated infections related to invasive procedures in cardiology have been done, and most studies…
Healthcare-Associated Infections in Anesthesia Loreen A. Herwaldt Matthew D. Koff Randy W. Loftus Jean M. Pottinger INTRODUCTION Modern anesthesiology originated in the 1800s (1). William Clark was reportedly the first…
Infection Prevention and Control in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients Leilani Paitoonpong Dionissios Neofytos Sara E. Cosgrove Trish M. Perl BASIC CONCEPTS OF HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATIONS Bone marrow or…
Healthcare-Associated Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Ryosuke Osawa Nina Singh Infections remain a significant complication and a leading cause of mortality, particularly within the first year after transplantation. Most…
