Broschiertes Buch

Hand Hygiene

A Handbook for Medical Professionals

Herausgegeben: Pittet, Didier; Boyce, John M.; Allegranzi, Benedetta

Beschreibung

Die erste umfassende und wegweisende Publikation zur Handhygiene, eines der grundlegendsten und wichtigsten Themen bei der Infektionsbekämpfung und Patientensicherheit. Für alle medizinischen Berufe ist dieses Handbuch zur Handhygiene ein wichtiges Referenzwerk, geschrieben von weltweit führenden Wissenschaftlern und Klinikern.
- Geschrieben von weltweit führenden Experten des Fachgebiets.
- Berücksichtigt umfassend die Richtlinien und Vorschriften der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO).
- Behandelt das Thema Handhygiene aus globaler Sicht, relevant für Industrie- und Entwicklungsländer.
- Erörtert grundlegende sowie hochkomplexe klinische Anwendungen der Handhygiene.
- Beinhaltet neue, ungewöhnliche Aspekte und Fragestellungen, wie religiöse und kulturelle Aspekte und die Einbeziehung der Patienten.
- Bietet Leitlinien für nationale und weltweite Hygienekampagnen, für jeden Einzelnen, für Institutionen und Organisationen.

Autor

Didier Pittet MD, MS, CBE, Infection Control Program and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland John M. Boyce MD, Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Yale-New Haven Hospital, and Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA Benedetta Allegranzi MD, Infection Prevention and Control Global Unit, Department of Service Delivery and Safety, World Health Organization, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Produktdetails

• Hospital Medicine - Current Concepts
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons / Wiley-Blackwell
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1W118846860
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 653g
• ISBN-13: 9781118846865
• ISBN-10: 1118846869
• Artikelnr.: 45006380

Rezensionen

"In their new textbook, Hand Hygiene: A Handbook for Medical Professionals, Didier Pittet, John Boyce, and Benedetta Allegranzi turn to leading experts on patient safety and infection control to produce an impressive book with 45 chapters focusing on every aspect of hand hygiene. But, as Pittet asks in the preface, "Does hand hygiene deserve a textbook?" It is refreshing for a textbook writer to ask this question about his own book, and the answer, as the foreword suggests, is a resounding "yes."
While hand hygiene is essential, compliance is complicated. Additionally, actual rates of compliance are difficult to measure as are the number of HAIs that can be prevented with high hand hygiene compliance rates. With these issues in mind,

Pittet and colleagues present this new work with a noble objective, "to save many more millions of lives every year worldwide."
The edition includes many important, but often overlooked, areas in chapters covering topics such as hand
hygienepromotion strategies, human factors, barriers to compliance, and skin reaction to hand hygiene. Of
particular importance, the book includes chapters on the safety climate as well as personal accountability. Of note, a chapter on religion and cultural practices sheds light on interesting issues that are often marginalised. The book is organised logically, beginning with a review of the data on HAI......We have a real problem with hand hygiene among medical professionals, and now is the time to embrace change. This handbook takes an important step in that direction. Pittet believes that a renewed commitment by providers will "drive excellence in hand hygiene practices, research, and attitudes for many years to come." The editors and authors should be commended for this laudable goal and outstanding handbook" (The Lancet Vol 17 August 17)