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External Sites
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Recommended
for beginning nursing students]
CHAIN OF INFECTION
*Chain of Infection.
OSHA.
General introduction.
Universal
Infection Control Precautions: Minimizing the Risk of Blood-borne Infection.
AIDS Series.
Ministry of Health, Malaysia.
Describes chain of infection and precautions for bloodborne infections.
| DEFINITIONS
- External Sites |
*Antimicrobial
Resistance Glossary of Terms. CDC.
| INFECTIOUS
AGENT |
Antibiotic
Resistance
Antimicrobial
Resistance: a Growing Threat to Public Health. CDC.
Overview of drug-resistant organisms in health care
settings.
*Antimicrobial
Resistance Glossary of Terms. CDC.
The
Challenge of Antibiotic Resistance.
By Stuart B. Levy. Scientific American (3), 1998.
Discussion of current status and dangers of antibiotic therapy.
Bloodborne
Pathogens
*Bloodborne Pathogens.
OSHA Training.
MRSA
*Colonization vs. Infection.
Nursing96 (9), 1996.
Overview of MRSA and VRE.
*MRSA.
Johns Hopkins.
Explains infection vs. colonization and discusses
implications for hospital care.
*MRSA - Methicillin
Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. CDC.
Covers transmission, colonization and infection,
and standard precautions.
VISA
*VISA - Fact
Sheet. CDC.
Discusses normal flora vs infectious agent. Provides
clear definitions of VISA-MRSA-VRSA.
VRE
*Vancomycin Resistant
Enterococci (VRE). Johns Hopkins.
Basic introduction to nosocomial infections and
control procedures.
*VRE
& MRSA: Putting Bad Bugs Out of Business.
By Barbara Sheff. Nursing98 (3), 1998.
Clear account of superbugs.
| INFECTIOUS
DISEASES |
CDAD
Gastrointestinal
Infections: Control of Clostridium Difficile-Associated Disease (CDAD).
CDC.
Description, prevention and control for health care
workers.
Minimizing
the Threat of C. Difficile
By Barbara Sheff. Nursing99 (2), 1999.
Respiratory
Diseases
Respiratory
Syncytial Virus (RSV). Johns Hopkins, Infection & Control.
RSV
Infection. Part I. Issues on Prevention of Nosocmial [sic.] Pneumonia,
1994.CDC.
Epidemiology, diagnosis, transmission, and control.
Tuberculosis
Protect
Yourself Against Tuberculosis: Introduction. NIOSH.
Basic information about the tuberculosis and protective measures.
Keeping
TB in Check.
By Janice M. Boutotte. Nursing99 (3), 1999.
Tuberculosis.
Johns Hopkins, Prevention & Control.
Describes basic prevention and measures to prevent
exposures.
Urinary
Tract Infections
Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-associated
Urinary Tract Infections.
By Edward S. Wong, CDC.
Viral
Hepatitis
*Hepatitis
A. CDC.
Contains basic information on transmission and recommendations
for health care workers.
*Hepatitis
C: Speaking out about the silent epidemic.
By Sue Parini. Nursing2001 (3), 2001.
*How
Hepatitis Types Differ.
By Sue Parini. Nursing2001, (3) 2001.
*Questions
Frequently Asked About Hepatitis B. Immunization Action Coalition.
A basic reference guide for students. Includes information
on interpretation of blood test results.
Viral
Hepatitis C - Frequently Asked Questions. CDC.
Includes facts about the disease and recommendations
for health care workers.
| PREVENTION
and CONTROL |
Immunization
Infection Control
Nurse Urges Parents to Support U.S. Vaccine Program. Immunization Action
Coalition.
Nurse urges against a current trend with potentially
devastating consequences.
Standard Precautions
Airborne Isolation.
Johns Hopkins.
The
Epidemiology of Contact Transmission: Beyond Semmelweis.
By Edward S. Wong. Infection Control and Hospital
Epidemiology 21(2), 2000.
*Guidelines
for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals.
Part II: Recommendations For Isolation Precautions.
CDC.
Note! Go to Contents, Part II.
Handwashing
and Antisepsis. Johns Hopkins.
*Infection
Control: Information for New Employees. Johns Hopkins.
*Standard
Precautions. Johns Hopkins, Prevention & Control.
*Standard
Precautions. OSHA Training, Bloodborne Pathogens.
Universal
Infection Control Precautions: Minimizing the Risk of Blood-borne Infection.
AIDS Series.
Ministry of Health, Malaysia.
Describes chain of infection and precautions for bloodborne infections.
*Universal
Precautions For Prevention Of Transmission Of HIV And Other Bloodborne
Infections. CDC.
MRSA
*MRSA - Methicillin
Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. CDC.
Covers transmission, colonization and infection,
and standard precautions.
Respiratory
Diseases
Respiratory
Syncytial Virus Infection:
Recommendations for Prevention of Nosocomial RSV
Infection. CDC.
See II. Interruption of Transmission of RSV.
Respiratory
Syncytial Virus (RSV). Johns Hopkins, Prevention & Control.
Description, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and
control.
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis. Johns
Hopkins, Prevention & Control.
Describes basic prevention and measures to prevent
exposures.
VRE
*VRE & MRSA: Putting
Bad Bugs Out of Business.
By Barbara Sheff. Nursing98 (3), 1998.
Clear account of superbugs.
*Vancomycin
Resistant Enterococci (VRE). Johns Hopkins.
Basic introduction to nosocomial infections and
control procedures.
| RISKS
& PRECAUTIONS For NURSES |
Bloodborne
Pathogens
*Bloodborne Pathogens.
OSHA Training
Immunization
ACIP Adopts
Guidelines on Immunizing Health Care Workers.
Immunization
of Health-Care Workers: Recommendations.
A comprehensive review of infection risks and immunizations
for the health care worker.
*Standard Precautions.
OSHA Training, Bloodborne Pathogens.
*Universal
Precautions For Prevention Of Transmission Of HIV And Other Bloodborne
Infections. CDC.
| SUSCEPTIBLE
HOST |
ACIP
Adopts Guidelines on Immunizing Health Care Workers.
Combating
UTI: Urinary Tract Infection.
By Jody A. Lambright Eckler. Nursing2000 (6), 2000.
Guideline
for Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections.
By Edward S. Wong, CDC.
Treating
urinary tract infections in the elderly.
By Gail A. Suchinski.
Urinary
Catheters: the Most Common Site of Nosocomial Infection. Johns Hopkins.
Procedures to prevent infection.
*VRE
& MRSA: Putting Bad Bugs Out of Business.
By Barbara Sheff. Nursing98 (3), 1998.
Clear account of superbugs.
| TRANSMISSION |
Airborne
Isolation. Johns Hopkins.
*Colonization
vs. Infection.
Nursing96 (9), 1996.
Overview of MRSA & VRE.
The
Epidemiology of Contact Transmission: Beyond Semmelweis.
By Edward S. Wong. Infection Control and Hospital
Epidemiology 21 (2), 2000.
Gastrointestinal
Infections: Control of Clostridium Difficile-Associated Disease (CDAD).
CDC.
Description, prevention and control for health care
workers.
Handwashing
and Antisepsis. Johns Hopkins.
*Hepatitis
A. CDC.
Contains basic information on transmission and recommendations
for healthcare workers.
*Infection
Control: Information for New Employees. Johns Hopkins.
Respiratory
Syncytial Virus (RSV). Johns Hopkins, Prevention & Control.
Respiratory
Syncytial Virus Infection. CDC.
See II. Interruption of transmission of RSV.
Covers prevention and control.
*Standard Precautions.
Johns Hopkins, Prevention & Control.
*Universal
Precautions For Prevention Of Transmission Of HIV And Other Bloodborne
Infections. CDC.
*VRE
& MRSA: Putting Bad Bugs Out of Business.
By Barbara Sheff. Nursing98 (3), 1998.
Clear account of superbugs.
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