Hospital Acquired Infection

Hospital acquired infections (HAI) are complications of health care that affect on average 10 percent of patients admitted to hospitals worldwide. They have serious public health implications by changing the quality of life of patients and sometimes causing disability of even death. The purpose of this comprehensive text is to provide nurses and junior doctors with an understanding of the basics of infection control by explaining the methods employed and their purposes. The book is based on lectures presented by the author at training courses for nurses and doctors, and gives simple, understandable and essential information that is vital knowledge for medical staff in hospitals.