Basic Principles of Infection Prevention and Control Charles Edmiston Jr Gwen Borlaug Health care-associated infections (HAIs), formerly called nosocomial infections, are infections that sometimes occur among patients receiving medical care….
Plasma Sterilization Akikazu Sakudo Hideharu Shintani Yagyu Yoshihito The term plasma, referring to ionized gas, was first coined by Irving Langmuir in 1927 and was so named because it reminded…
Oral and Mucous Membrane Treatments Prerna Gopal Lipika Gopal Chugh The oral cavity is rightly referred to as the mirror of the body. It plays an important role in digestion,…
Sterile Packaging Thierry Wagner Dan B. Floyd Michael H. Scholla Jane E. Severin In 1668, Francesco Redi, an Italian physician and biologist, published a book entitled Experiments on the Generation…
Laundry Hygiene Dirk P. Bockmühl Marlitt Honisch MICROORGANISMS ON TEXTILES Microbial contaminations on laundry items originate from numerous sources. During the different stages of the utilization cycle of textiles, various…
Surgical Antisepsis Gerald McDonnell Surgical antisepsis is the application of microbicidal or microbistatic antimicrobial chemicals to skin, mucosa, and wounds to reduce the risk of infection. Antimicrobials have been used,…
Hand Hygiene Günter Kampf TYPES OF HAND FLORA AND RELEVANCE FOR INFECTION CONTROL The effects of antiseptics applied to intact skin varies depending on the location of the skin (eg,…
Infection Prevention for Skin and Burns Gerald McDonnell This chapter is divided into two parts. The first deals with infections located in or originating from the skin, and the second…
Preservation of Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms Patrick J. Crowley David P. Elder Shelf lives of medications are invariably measured in years, and product usage can be intermittent in some cases. Removing/replacing…
Cosmetic Preservatives and Preservation Philip A. Geis Archaeologic evidence indicates that humans have been painting their bodies for nearly a half-million years,1 progressing from sharpened reocher sticks presumed to be…
