INFECTION PREVENTION GUIDELINES FOR HEALTHCARE FACILITIES WITH LIMITED RESOURCES
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER

TITLE PAGE FRONT

TITLE PAGE BACK

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PREFACE

PART 1. FUNDAMENTALS OF INFECTION PREVENTION

ONE

INTRODUCTION TO INFECTION PREVENTION
TWO STANDARD PRECAUTIONS
THREE HAND HYGIENE
FOUR GLOVES
FIVE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND DRAPES
SIX SURGICAL ANTISEPSIS
SEVEN SAFE PRACTICES IN THE OPERATING ROOM
EIGHT WASTE MANAGEMENT

 

PART 2. PROCESSING INSTRUMENTS, GLOVES AND OTHER ITEMS
NINE

OVERVIEW OF RECOMMENDED PROCESSES
TEN DECONTAMINATON AND CLEANING
ELEVEN STERILIZATION
TWELVE HIGH-LEVEL DISINFECTION
THIRTEEN PROCESSING LINEN
FOURTEEN REPROCESSING DISPOSABLE (SINGLE-USE) ITEMS

 

PART 3. IMPLEMENTING INFECTION PREVENTION IN  
HEALTHCARE FACILITIES

FIFTEEN 

TRAFFIC FLOW AND ACTIVITY PATTERNS
SIXTEEN HOUSEKEEPING
SEVENTEEN CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES
EIGHTEEN BLOOD BANK AND TRANSFUSION SERVICES
NINETEEN MANAGEMENT OF AN INFECTION PREVENTION PROGRAM

 

PART 4. NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS
TWENTY

PREVENTING NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS
TWENTY-ONE ISOLATION PRECAUTION GUIDELINES FOR HOSPITALS
TWENTY-TWO PREVENTING URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS
TWENTY-THREE PREVENTING SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS
TWENTY-FOUR PREVENTING INFECTIONS RELATED TO USE OF 
INTRAVASCULAR DEVICES
TWENTY-FIVE PREVENTING MATERNAL AND NEWBORN INFECTIONS
TWENTY-SIX PREVENTING INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA AND MANAGING 
FOOD AND WATER SERVICES
TWENTY-SEVEN PREVENTING PNEUMONIA
TWENTY-EIGHT INFECTION-MONITORING (SURVEILLANCE) ACTIVITIES

 

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A

GENERAL SURGICAL HANDSCRUB
APPENDIX B ANTISEPTICS
APPENDIX C PROCESSING SURGICAL GLOVES
APPENDIX D PRECAUTIONS FOR THE SURGICAL TEAM
APPENDIX E DECONTAMINATING AND CLEANING INSTRUMENTS 
AND NEEDLES AND SYRINGES
APPENDIX F DISINFECTANTS
APPENDIX G INSTRUCTIONS FOR OPERATING AND MAINTAINING 
HIGH-PRESSURE STEAM STERILIZERS
APPENDIX H LAPAROSCOPY
APPENDIX I DURATION OF PRECAUTIONS
APPENDIX J CDC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PREVENTION OF 
SURGICAL SITE INFECTION
APPENDIX K FETAL AND NEWBORN INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION

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