Infection management for geriatrics in long-term care facilities

Author(s)

• Yoshikawa, Thomas T.
• Ouslander, Joseph G.

Bibliographic Information

Infection management for geriatrics in long-term care facilities

edited by Thomas T. Yoshikawa, Joseph G. Ouslander

Marcel Dekker, c2002

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Contains the most recent guidelines to evaluate fever and infection in residents of long-term care environments. Infection Management for Geriatrics in Long-Term Care Facilities provides numerous figures and tables for quick access to key concepts presents methods to establish infection control programs offers techniques to combat drug-resistant organisms discusses modern procedures to avoid the spread of diseases such as influenza, pneumonia, tuberculosis, herpes zoster, scabies, infectious diarrheas, and hepatitis lists the most relevant and current references for each topic Exploring topics critical to the improvement of managed care for the elderly, Infection Management for Geriatrics in Long-Term Care Facilities is a timely guide for geriatricians, gerontologists, primary care physicians, epidemiologists, virologists, physiologists, internists, pharmacists, nursing home directors and administrators, infection control practitioners, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

Table of Contents

Principles of Aging, Long-Term Care, and Infection Demographics and Economics of Long-Term Care Jefferson Lesesne and Joseph G. Ouslander Evaluation of Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities Versus Acute Care Hospitals Andrew D. Weinberg Epidemiology and Special Aspects of Infectious Diseases in Aging Thomas T. Yoshikawa Impact of Age and Chronic Illness-Related Immune Dysfunction on Risk of Infections Steven C. Castle Nutrition and Infection Kevin P. High Clinical Manifestations of Infections Dean C. Norman Ethical Issues of Infectious Disease Interventions Elizabeth L. Cobbs Nursing Management of Infections Donna L. Barton and Janet D. Register Establishing an Infection Control Program Janet Nau Franck, Elizabeth Owens Schwab, and David W. Bentley Epidemiologic Investigation of Infectious Disease Outbreaks Chesley L. Richards, Jr., and William R. Jarvis An Approach to Antimicrobial Therapy Shobita Rajagopalan, Jay P. Rho, and Thomas T. Yoshikawa Special Infectious Disease Problems Urinary Tract Infection Lindsay E. Nicolle Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses Ghinwa Dumyati and Ann R. Falsey Pneumonia and Bronchitis Joseph M. Mylotte Tuberculosis Shobita Rajagopalan Infected Pressure Ulcers Nigel Livesley and Anthony W. Chow Herpes Zoster, Cellulitis, and Scabies Kenneth Schmader and Jack Twersky Infectious Diarrhea Abbasi J. Akhtar Hepatitis Darrell W. Harrington and Peter V. Barrett Vaccinations Stefan Gravenstein Emerging and Drug-Resistant Pathogens Pathogenesis and Molecular Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance Robert A. Bonomo Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Larry J. Strausbaugh Vancomycin (Glycopeptide)-Resistant Enterococci Lona Mody, Shelly A. McNeil, and Suzanne F. Bradley Gram-Negative Bacteria Vinod K. Dhawan Candida and Other Fungi Carol A. Kauffman and Sara A

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA70378713
• ISBN:
  • 0824707842
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 497 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RC954.3
  • NLM : WT 27.1
  • DC21 : 618.97/69
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Nursing home patients -- Diseases
  • LCSH : Communicable diseases in old age
  • MESH : Infection Control
  • MESH : Nursing Homes
  • MESH : Communicable Diseases -- Aged
  • MESH : Homes for the Aged
  • MESH : Long-Term Care -- methods -- Aged