A clear, hands-on outline of best practices for infection prevention that directly improve patient outcomes across the healthcare continuum.

This annual publication is a bibliographic listing of approximately 2,000 guidelines, standards, and other available patient management strategies developed by physician organizations and others that helps physicians and group practices to improve their quality of medical care and ensure appropriate utilization of health care resources.

"This new edition includes extensively updated chapters on information systems, performance measurement and quality improvement, physician organization design, clinical support services, and nursing. Not strictly hospital-based, the book emphasizes the importance of the continuum of care and includes a new chapter on prevention and non-acute services. This practical guide includes numerous graphs, charts, and figures."--BOOK JACKET.

This one-of-a-kind resource offers complete guidance on preventing and controlling infection and maintaining safety including OSHA requirements for employees' health, immunization schedules for employees, needle-quick guidelines, prevention strategies, and a chart of diseases requiring standard precautions.

Finally, a comprehensive resource on workplace safety designed with the health care worker in mind! This book will show you how to protect yourself and others from injury while on the job. You will be introduced to stresses and hazards unique to the health care environment, and provided with practical steps you can take to make work safer for you. If you know how to make work safer for yourself, you will be better equipped to provide a safe care environment for your clients. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Recognized for its succinct and compelling discussion of epidemiology and its role in medicine. 4 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW! "This is a well-written, easy to read, well-illustrated primer, which medical students and others should read. A nice feature of the book is all key concepts are highlighted for emphasis, with summaries at the beginning and end of each chapter."--Doody's Review Service This book provides students with an overview of the principles and concepts of epidemiology and illustrates the complementary relationship between population-based science and the care of patients Thoroughly updated, this new edition features epidemiologic implications of bio-terrorism, “Patient Profiles” within each chapter, and USMLE clinical vignettes within the “Study Question” section of each chapter.

Showcases the hows, whys, and whats of epidemiology in research and practice. This book includes tables, charts, and illustrations; patient profiles in each chapter; multiple-choice questions just like the boards; and, material on evidence-based medicine, systematic reviews, meta-analysis, and Internet sources.