If you work in today's healthcare epidemiology programs you will need the latest edition of Practical Handbook for Healthcare Epidemiologists, Second Edition PDF CD-ROM. Situations that are encountered daily can be challenging, and now the answers needed are available in one solid resource.

Practical Handbook for Healthcare Epidemiologists, Second Edition PDF CD-ROM is the complete text, including all images and photographs on CD-ROM. Inside over 350 pages you will find the practical information regarding many aspects of establishing and managing a healthcare epidemiology program.

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) has recruited over 50 recognized leaders in the field to share their expertise. They discuss overarching goals, as well as successful strategies for handling specific situations and problems. There is also extensive information on infection control in the outpatient setting and measures to take after exposure to infectious agents. This is the most complete hands-on source about healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention and control.

Epidemiologists and infection control professionals will be able to successfully develop and improve their knowledge base and practice with the latest information and trends for today's programs. Students, residents, fellows, and faculty will benefit as they learn in a productive manner what to expect in their future roles.

A straightforward and practical guide, Practical Handbook for Healthcare Epidemiologists, Second Edition will be critical to establishing and operating a successful healthcare epidemiology and infection control program.

Topics Inside:

• How to negotiate with administration
• How to survive JCAHO and OSHA inspections
• How to implement exposure workups
• Ethical decisions and application to infection control
• The building blocks of surveillance-identification to communication
• What if a program has limited resources?
• Extending infection control programs into long term care & outpatient facilities

New to this edition:

• Patient safety
• Bioterrorism preparedness
• Antimicrobial resistance
• Hand hygiene

Features on the PDF CD-ROM:

• Includes the full-text!
• Includes all images!
• User-friendly PDF Format!

System Requirements

Windows

• Intel Pentium processor
• Microsoft Windows 95 OSR 2.0, Windows 98 SE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 5, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
• 64MB of RAM
• 24MB of available hard-disk space
• Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 or above (included)

Macintosh

• PowerPC processor
• MAC OS 8.6*, 9.0.4, or 9.1
• 64MB of RAM
• 24MB of available hard-disk space
• Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 or above (included)