Infection Management for Geriatrics in LongTerm Care Facilities 2nd Edition by Thomas Yoshikawa, Joseph Ouslander ISBN 1000654338 9781000654332

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ISBN 10: 1000654338

ISBN 13: 9781000654332

Author:  Thomas T. Yoshikawa, Joseph G. Ouslander 

Infection Management for Geriatrics in Long-Term Care Facilities 2nd Edition: Offering an authoritative overview of all infection management protocols currently utilized by infectious disease specialists, geriatricians, and infection control practitioners, this Second Edition examines current strategies to diagnose, treat, control, and prevent common infectious diseases in long-term care geriatric facilities. Covering a wide range of infectious conditions, this source presents new chapters on conjunctivitis, otitis, sinusitis, HIV, SARS, and the West Nile Virus.

 

Infection Management for Geriatrics in Long-Term Care Facilities 2nd Edition Table of contents:

• Part I: Principles of aging, long-term care, and infection

  • Demographics and economics of long-term care
  • Epidemiology and special aspects of infectious
  • Evaluation of infections in long-term care
  • Role of functional assessment in evaluating and managing infections in long-term care
  • Impaired immunity and increased risk of infections in older adults: impact of chronic disease on immunosenescence
  • Nutrition and infection
  • Ethical issues of infectious

• Part II: Principles of managing infections in long-term care facilities

  • Clinical manifestations of infections
  • Establishing an infection control program
  • Epidemiologic investigation of infectious disease outbreaks in long-term care facilities
  • An approach to antimicrobial therapy

• Part III: Common infections in long-term care facilities

  • Urinary tract infection
  • Influenza and other respiratory viruses
  • Pneumonia and bronchitis
  • Tuberculosis
  • Infected pressure ulcers
  • Herpes zoster, cellulitis, and scabies
  • Infectious diarrhea
  • Hepatitis in long-term care facilities
  • Conjunctivitis, otitis, and sinusitis
  • Human immunodeficiency virus infection in the nursing home
  • Vaccinations

• Part IV: Emerging and drug-resistant pathogens

  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  • Vancomycin (glycopeptide)-resistant enterococci in the long-term care setting
  • Gram-negative bacteria
  • Fungal infections
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome

• Part V: Important source references

 

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