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eBooks - Infection Control - Aged Care
Block's Disinfection, Sterilization, and Preservation (2020)
The book focuses on disease prevention--rather than eradication--and has been thoroughly updated with new information based on recent advances in the field and understanding of the risks, the technologies available, and the regulatory environments.
Fighting Infectious Diseases (2017)
The content comes from a wide variety of sources and includes: newspaper reports and opinion pieces, website fact sheets, magazine and journal articles, statistics and surveys, government reports, and literature from special interest groups.
Microbiology and infection control for health professionals. 6th Edition. (2016)
The only fully Australian ground-up microbiology text with a focus on infection control for nursing and allied health students. This resource aims to provide a comprehensive guide to microbiology, infectious diseases and infection control. It is suitable for students, clinicians and educators in the health professions. Microbiology is rapidly changing due to new research, the discovery of new diseases and pathogens, and changes in clinical practice. This edition presents a comprehensive update in new diagnostic techniques and improved guidelines for antibiotic use and infection control. Where appropriate, the emphasis is placed on Australian data, the incidence of diseases in Australia, and Australian guidelines for infection control practices.
Books in the Library - Infection Control - Aged Care
Medical Microbiology (2018)
It provides ideal coverage for medical and biomedical students - with 'Key Points' boxes throughout to highlight the essentials.
New and expanded coverage of hot topics and emerging areas important to clinical practice, including:
Genomics The Human Microbiome Direct acting antiviral agents for the treatment of HCV infection Molecular methods in diagnostic microbiology Antibiotic Stewardship
Clinical cases - to introduce how patients with infections present and help relate key principles to practice MCQs for each chapter.
Infection Control Manual for Healthcare Professionals (2015)
It educates healthcare students practicing in a clinical setting by providing a comprehensive understanding of infection control. The text is mapped to competency HLTIN301C and provides valuable underpinning knowledge and skills required to reduce infection transmission, prevention and control. Handy in size, complete with spiral binding and coated paper, make this handbook a great resources for use within clinical settings, or as a reference guide.
Infection Control in Clinical Practice (2019)
Request it to yoru campus through the catalogue. This revised third edition includes completely updated source material and references, along with extensive revision of chapters on prevention of surgical site infection, IV device and urine catheter associated infections to incorporate the most recent evidence. There are updates to many other sections including new microbiological methods, application of protective isolation, Clostridium difficile, gram negative pathogens, VHF and blood-borne viruses, the management of sharps injuries and management of waste, as well as entirely new sections on: . Implementation of infection prevention and control policies . Infection risks of water systems . Protective clothing - use of gloves and masks . Hand hygiene compliance . Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia . Management of norovirus outbreaks . Decontamination of isolation rooms . Emerging pathogens including MERS-CoV and Zika . Antimicrobial stewardship
Online Videos - Infection Control - Aged Care
Hand Hygiene (2011)
Health-care associated infections are a threat to patient safety and the most common adverse events resulting from a stay in the hospital. Approximately 5 to 10% of hospitalized patients in the developed world acquire such infections, and the burden of disease is even higher in developing countries.
Infection Control: Basic Infection Prevention Technique
This program will discuss the chain of infection as well as some of the basic interventions that can be performed to protect patients and staff including the use of standard precautions and personal protective equipment (PPE), proper hand washing, and cleaning personal equipment between patients.
Infection control: break the chain
The "break the chain" video shows how easy it is for hospital-acquired infections like MRSA and Clostridium difficile to be spread.
Infection Control in Healthcare (2021)
Introducing infection control policies, this program explains the importance of performing proper hand hygiene, shows how to properly perform the different hand hygiene methods and fingernail care, demonstrates use of personal protective equipment, teaches how to remove personal protective equipment properly, and discusses considerations related to infection control safe practices.
Infection Control in Healthcare: An Introduction (2021)
This program provides healthcare professionals with background information on the development of infection control techniques and reviews the fundamentals of pathogen transmission, which serves as the basis for strategies to interrupt that transmission.
Infection Control in Healthcare: Safe Work Practices (2021)
Introducing infection control policies, this program explains the importance of performing proper hand hygiene, shows how to properly perform the different hand hygiene methods and fingernail care, demonstrates use of personal protective equipment, teaches how to remove personal protective equipment properly, and discusses considerations related to infection control safe practices.
Infection Control in Long Term Care (2021)
This program introduces infection control policies, explaining that gowns and gloves should be worn by staff for all interactions that involve contact with the resident's bodily fluids, blood, secretions, or excretions, as well as contact with potentially contaminated areas in the environment and that personal protective equipment (PPE) should be donned before entry into the room and discarded before exit.
Principles of Sterile Technique (2016)
Discussing sources of infection within the operative suite, this video describes how the sterile field breaks the chain of infection. It considers the roles of the surgical team members, presents AORN's recommendations for surgical asepsis, and discusses AST's standards of practice for creating the sterile field
Websites - Infection Control - Aged Care
Block's Disinfection, Sterilization, and Preservation (2020)
The book focuses on disease prevention--rather than eradication--and has been thoroughly updated with new information based on recent advances in the field and understanding of the risks, the technologies available, and the regulatory environments.
Fighting Infectious Diseases (2017)
The content comes from a wide variety of sources and includes: newspaper reports and opinion pieces, website fact sheets, magazine and journal articles, statistics and surveys, government reports, and literature from special interest groups.
Microbiology and infection control for health professionals. 6th Edition. (2016)
The only fully Australian ground-up microbiology text with a focus on infection control for nursing and allied health students. This resource aims to provide a comprehensive guide to microbiology, infectious diseases and infection control. It is suitable for students, clinicians and educators in the health professions. Microbiology is rapidly changing due to new research, the discovery of new diseases and pathogens, and changes in clinical practice. This edition presents a comprehensive update in new diagnostic techniques and improved guidelines for antibiotic use and infection control. Where appropriate, the emphasis is placed on Australian data, the incidence of diseases in Australia, and Australian guidelines for infection control practices.
Microbiology and Infection Prevention and Control for Nursing Students (2016)
Introducing the unpinning microbiology to explain how infection occurs and spreads and the practical steps and precautions that need to be followed.
Medical Microbiology (2018)
It provides ideal coverage for medical and biomedical students - with 'Key Points' boxes throughout to highlight the essentials.
New and expanded coverage of hot topics and emerging areas important to clinical practice, including:
Genomics The Human Microbiome Direct acting antiviral agents for the treatment of HCV infection Molecular methods in diagnostic microbiology Antibiotic Stewardship
Clinical cases - to introduce how patients with infections present and help relate key principles to practice MCQs for each chapter.
Infection Control Manual for Healthcare Professionals (2015)
It educates healthcare students practicing in a clinical setting by providing a comprehensive understanding of infection control. The text is mapped to competency HLTIN301C and provides valuable underpinning knowledge and skills required to reduce infection transmission, prevention and control. Handy in size, complete with spiral binding and coated paper, make this handbook a great resources for use within clinical settings, or as a reference guide.
Infection Control in Clinical Practice (2019)
Request it to yoru campus through the catalogue. This revised third edition includes completely updated source material and references, along with extensive revision of chapters on prevention of surgical site infection, IV device and urine catheter associated infections to incorporate the most recent evidence. There are updates to many other sections including new microbiological methods, application of protective isolation, Clostridium difficile, gram negative pathogens, VHF and blood-borne viruses, the management of sharps injuries and management of waste, as well as entirely new sections on: . Implementation of infection prevention and control policies . Infection risks of water systems . Protective clothing - use of gloves and masks . Hand hygiene compliance . Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia . Management of norovirus outbreaks . Decontamination of isolation rooms . Emerging pathogens including MERS-CoV and Zika . Antimicrobial stewardship