Main description:

Decontamination in Hospitals and Healthcare, Second Edition, enables users to obtain detailed knowledge of decontamination practices in healthcare settings, including surfaces, devices, clothing and people, with a specific focus on hospitals and dental clinics.

Contents:

1. The importance of decontamination in hospitals and healthcare

2. The history of decontamination in hospitals

3. Quality and supply of water used in hospitals

4. Control of Legionella in hosptial potable water systems

5. Waterborne transmission of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

6 Mycobacteria chimaera infections and their transmission from heater-cooler units

7 Decontamination of hand washbasins and traps in hospitals

8 Infection control in Europe

9 The role of the nurse in decontamination

10 The role of protective clothing in healthcare and its decontamination

11 Cleaning and decontamination of the healthcare environment

12 Biocides and decontamination agents including sporicides for decontamination in hospitals

13 The role of antimicrobial surfaces in hospitals to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)

14 Use of gaseous decontamination technologies for wards and isolation rooms in hospitals and healthcare settings

15 An overview of automated room disinfection systems: When to use them and how to choose them

16 Testing strategies and international standards for disinfectants

17 The role of standards in decontamination

18 Decontamination of prions

19 Decontamination of dental devices in the hospital and general dental practice setting

20 An overview of current surgical instrument and other medical device decontamination practices

21 Efficacy of current and novel cleaning technologies (ProReveal) for assessing protein contamination on surgical instruments

22 Decontamination of flexible endoscopes

23 Sterilization of flexible endoscopes

24 Future trends in decontamination in hospitals and healthcare