SECTION I: Basics of Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention
CHAPTER 1: Principles of Healthcare Epidemiology
CHAPTER 2: Infectious Disease Surveillance in Healthcare Settings
CHAPTER 3: Isolation of Patients With Communicable Diseases
CHAPTER 4: Hand Hygiene
CHAPTER 5: Role of the Microbiology Laboratory and Molecular Diagnostics in Healthcare
Epidemiology and Infection Prevention
CHAPTER 6: Legal Issues in Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention
CHAPTER 7: Ethical Issues in Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention
SECTION II: Tools/Skills for the Modern Healthcare Epidemiologist
CHAPTER 8: Quality Improvement for Healthcare Epidemiology: Creating a Culture of Excellence
CHAPTER 9: Investigation of Outbreaks
CHAPTER 10: Developing an Infection Prevention Program
CHAPTER 11: Communication and Messaging Strategies in Infection Prevention
SECTION III: Epidemiology and Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections
CHAPTER 12: Healthcare-Associated Infections Related to the Use of Intravascular Devices
CHAPTER 13: Healthcare-Associated Bloodstream Infections
CHAPTER 14: Healthcare-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (Including CAUTI)
CHAPTER 15: Surgical Site Infections
CHAPTER 16: Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia and Ventilator-Associated Events
CHAPTER 17: Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile
CHAPTER 18: Healthcare-Associated Gastrointestinal Illness
CHAPTER 19: MDRO Infections: Gram-Positive Organisms (Including Methicillin-Resistant
Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus)
CHAPTER 20: MDRO Infections: Gram-Negative Organisms
CHAPTER 21: Healthcare-Associated Fungal Infections (Candida and Invasive Molds)
CHAPTER 22: Healthcare-Associated Viral Respiratory Infections
CHAPTER 23: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
CHAPTER 24: Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
CHAPTER 25: Epidemiology and Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections Related to Animals
in the Hospital
SECTION IV: Epidemiology and Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Special
Patient Populations and Healthcare Settings
CHAPTER 26: Healthcare-Associated Infections in Obstetric Patients
CHAPTER 27: Healthcare-Associated Infections in Burn Patients
CHAPTER 28: Healthcare-Associated Eye Infections
CHAPTER 29: Infection Prevention Issues Unique to Newborns and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
CHAPTER 30: Infection Prevention and Control in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant and Oncology
Patients
CHAPTER 31: Healthcare-Associated Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
CHAPTER 32: Epidemiology and Prevention of Infections in Long-term Care Facilities
CHAPTER 33: Infection Prevention and Control in Resource-Limited Settings
SECTION V: Infections Related to Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures
CHAPTER 34: Healthcare-Associated Infections in Anesthesia
CHAPTER 35: Dialysis-Associated Infections
SECTION VI: Epidemiology and Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Healthcare
Workers
CHAPTER 36: Developing an Occupational Infection Prevention Program
CHAPTER 37: Vaccination of Healthcare Personnel
CHAPTER 38: Exposures to Blood-Borne Pathogens
CHAPTER 39: Exposures to Contagious Infectious Diseases
SECTION VII: Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections Related to the Hospital
Environment, Sterilization, and Disinfection
CHAPTER 40: High-Level Disinfection and Sterilization
CHAPTER 41: Prevention of Infections Related to Construction, Renovation, and Demolition in
Healthcare Facilities
CHAPTER 42: Infection Prevention and the Physical Environment
CHAPTER 43: Prevention of Waterborne Infections (Including Legionella)
SECTION VIII: Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance in Healthcare Settings Through Antimicrobial
Stewardship
CHAPTER 44: Developing an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in the Hospital Setting
CHAPTER 45: Interventions to Optimize Antimicrobial Use
CHAPTER 46: Antibiotic Stewardship in Long-term Care Settings
CHAPTER 47: Antimicrobial Stewardship in Outpatients
SECTION IX: Emergency Preparedness
CHAPTER 48: Developing an Emergency Preparedness Program
CHAPTER 49: Emergency Preparedness: Highly Communicable Respiratory Infections
CHAPTER 50: Emergency Preparedness: Highly Communicable Infections Transmitted by Contact
Index