Download or read book Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities Guidebook written by Daniel Farb and published by UniversityOfHealthCare. This book was released on 2006 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a text-only version of the acclaimed CD on the subject, made for those who prefer books. The purpose of this guidebook is to help the user understand and implement important standards for an infection control program. Upon the completion of this manual, the reader will be able to list JCAHO standards and requirements for infection control, illustrate JCAHO's primary focus areas of surveillance, prevention, and control, describe personnel issues in infection control, demonstrate detailed prevention procedures, summarize the hierarchy of decontamination, and describe emergency management concerns. This is a concise and practical guide for the public as much as for clinicians. - Publisher.