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Isolation Techniques for use in Hospitals: Second Edition —1975
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1975
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Description:2nd ed.
More than 70,000 copies of Isolation Techniques for Use in Hospitals have been distributed since it was first published in 1970. Many hospitals have adopted the manual in its entirety as the established isolation practice, while others have used it as the framework on which to build their own guidelines. Because of this broad acceptance of the first edition, we have approached the revision of this manual with some reluctance, realizing that each change will require re-educating hospital personnel. Nonetheless, we have become convinced that changes in the manual are necessary because of the continuing rapid growth of knowledge about risk factors and modes of transmission of nosocomial infections.
In order to ease the conversion from the old guidelines to those outlined in this edition, we have kept the same organization and format. Communicable diseases likely to be seen in hospitals in the United States are grouped according to their presumed modes of transmission; for each category, methods of preventing nosocomial transmission are outlined.
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Content Notes:[editors: Richard E. Dixon, Philip S. Brachman, John V. Bennett].
Five colored signs (inserted) indicating categories of isolation for posting in hospital areas.
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Pages in Document:print; 104 p. ; 23 cm.
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