Hand Hygiene
Hand Hygiene Eli N. Perencevich Alexandre R. Marra OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF HAND HYGIENE One hundred and seventy years after the publication of Ignaz Semmelweis seminal study demonstrating the…
Isolation of Patients With Communicable Diseases
Isolation of Patients With Communicable Diseases Jason Bowling Jan Patterson Despite advances in the control of infectious diseases in the last century, there is more interest than ever in the…
Infectious Disease Surveillance in Healthcare Settings
Infectious Disease Surveillance in Healthcare Settings Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett Lauren M. DiBiase HISTORY OF U.S. INFECTIOUS DISEASE SURVEILLANCE National surveillance for infectious diseases began in 1878 when the United States…
Principles of Healthcare Epidemiology
Principles of Healthcare Epidemiology Frances J. Boly Victoria J. Fraser Jennie H. Kwon Epidemiology is defined as the study of the factors determining the occurrence of disease in human populations….
