Infection control

Nurs Stand. 2000;14(28):51-7; quiz 58-9. doi: 10.7748/ns2000.03.14.28.51.c2802.

Abstract

Dee May looks at the prevalence and cost of hospital-acquired infection, how epidemiological changes have influenced the way infections are prevented and managed, and how, in practice, infection should be controlled.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cross Infection / economics
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control
  • Cross Infection / transmission
  • Equipment Contamination / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Infection Control / methods*
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control
  • Risk Management