04855cam a2200685Mi 4500 ocn870587069 OCoLC 20190328114807.0 m o d cr cnu---unuuu 140215t20142014cau ob 001 0 eng d EBLCP eng rda pn EBLCP OPELS IDEBK N$T E7B GZM YDXCP GGVRL OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCF CDX OCLCQ DEBSZ UAB OCLCQ OCLCA OCLCO MERER OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCA MERUC OCLCO U3W OCLCO D6H OTZ AU@ OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCA AUD 878961250 9780123977519 (electronic bk.) 0123977517 (electronic bk.) 9780123970435 0123970431 (OCoLC)870587069 (OCoLC)878961250 RA761 WC 195 HEA 012000 bisacsh HEA 020000 bisacsh MED 004000 bisacsh MED 101000 bisacsh MED 109000 bisacsh MED 029000 bisacsh MED 040000 bisacsh MED 092000 bisacsh 610.28 Biofilms in infection prevention and control : a healthcare handbook / [electronic resource] edited by Steven L. Percival ... [and 3 others]. San Diego, CA : Academic Press, 2014 �2014 1 online resource (xxv, 367 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Part 1: Fundamentals of infection control -- 1. Introduction to infection and infection prevention -- 2. Infection prevention: Principles of safe practice in healthcare -- 3. Hand hygiene -- 4. Decontamination -- 5. Challenges to healthcare providers -- 6. Changing practice -- 7. Invasive devices -- 8. Wounds and infection -- Part 2: Biofilms and infection control -- 9. Biofilms: From concept to reality -- 10. Healthcare-associated infections and biofilms -- 11. Biofilms' role in intravascular catheter infections -- 12. Ventilator-associated pneumonia, endotracheal tubes and biofilms -- 13. Antimicrobial chemotherapy: Significance to healthcare -- 14. An introduction to the biology of biofilm recalcitrance -- 15. Microbial resistance and superbugs -- 16. Preventing infection associated with urethral catheter biofilms -- 17. Presence and control of Legionella pheumophila and pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms in hospital water systems -- 18. Wound infection and biofilms. Biofilms in Infection and Disease Control: A Healthcare Handbook outlines the scientific evidence and rationale for the prevention of infection, the role biofilms play in infection control, and the issues concerning their resistance to antimicrobials. This book provides practical guidance for healthcare and infection control professionals, as well as students, for preventing and controlling infection. Biofilms are the most common mode of bacterial growth in nature. Highly resistant to antibiotics and antimicrobials, biofilms are the source of more than 65 percent of health care associated infections (HCAI), which, according to the WHO, affect 1.4 million people annually. Biofilms are involved in 80 percent of all microbial infections in the body, including those associated with medical devices such as catheters, endotracheal tubes, joint prostheses, and heart valves. Biofilms are also the principle causes of infections of the middle-ear, dental caries, gingivitis, prostatitis and cystic fibrosis. Importantly, biofilms also significantly delay wound healing and reduce antimicrobial efficiency in at-risk or infected skin wounds. Print version record. Infection Prevention. Bacterial diseases Prevention. Biofilms. HEALTH & FITNESS Holism. bisacsh HEALTH & FITNESS Reference. bisacsh MEDICAL Alternative Medicine. bisacsh MEDICAL Atlases. bisacsh MEDICAL Essays. bisacsh MEDICAL Family & General Practice. bisacsh MEDICAL Holistic Medicine. bisacsh MEDICAL Osteopathy. bisacsh Bacterial diseases Prevention. fast (OCoLC)fst00825205 Biofilms. fast (OCoLC)fst00832066 Infection Prevention. fast (OCoLC)fst00972335 Infection Control. (DNLM)D017053 Electronic books. Percival, Steven L. Print version: Percival, Steven L. Biofilms in Infection Prevention and Control : A Healthcare Handbook. Burlington : Elsevier Science, �2014 9780123970435 ScienceDirect http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123970435 246876 246876