Veterinary Infection Prevention and Control
Veterinary Infection Prevention and Control
Edited By: Linda Caveney, Barbara Jones, Kimberly EllisVeterinary Infection Prevention and Control is a practical guide to infection surveillance and control in the veterinary setting. Outlining the steps for designing and implementing an infection control plan, the book offers information on both nosocomial infections and zoonotic diseases to aid the veterinary team in ensuring that veterinary practices and hospitals are safe for both the animal patients and their human caregivers. Veterinary Infection Prevention and Control provides guidelines to creating standard operating procedures for effective and efficient infection control in any veterinary practice.
With background information on pathogens, bacteria, and disease transmission, the book focuses on specific infection prevention strategies, including disinfection, sterilization, and isolation. A companion website provides review questions and the figures from the book in PowerPoint. Veterinary Infection Prevention and Control gives practicing veterinarians, technicians, and practice managers in both small and large animal facilities the tools they need to successfully develop an infection-control program.
Availability: In Print
Publication date: September 2011
Binding: Paperback
Dimensions: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Extent: 312pp
ISBN: 978-0-8138-1534-3
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Veterinary Infection Prevention and Control
ContributorsForeword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
- What Is Infection Control and Biosecurity?
- Microbiology Review
- “Links in the Chain” of Disease Transmission
- Zoonotic Diseases
- Disease Prevention Strategies
- Guidelines for Effective Cleaning and Disinfection
- Chemical Disinfectants
- “Best Practice” Procedures Prior to Sterilization of Medical Equipment
- Packaging, Preparation for Sterilization, and Sterile Storage of Medical Equipment
- High-Temperature Sterilization
- Low-Temperature Sterilization
- Processing of Complex Medical Equipment and Specialty Processing
- Surgical Textiles, Linens, and Laundry
- Infection Control: The Surgical Environment and Ancillary Areas
- Microbiology Review
Appendix A Medical Term Reference Information
Appendix B Common Concentrate Dilutions
Appendix C Table of Disease Transmission and Disinfection Guidelines
Appendix D Donning and Removal of a Surgical Gown
Index
This book has a companion website providing review questions and answers, figures from the book, and additional resources online at www.wiley.com/go/caveney.
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