ABSTRACT

Contains the most recent guidelines to evaluate fever and infection in residents of long-term care environments.

Infection Management for Geriatrics in Long-Term Care Facilities

  • provides numerous figures and tables for quick access to key concepts
  • presents methods to establish infection control programs
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  • chapter 5|20 pages

    Nutrition and Infection

    chapter 6|8 pages

    Clinical Manifestations of Infections

    chapter 8|16 pages

    Nursing Management of Infections

    chapter 9|18 pages

    Establishing an Infection Control Program

    chapter 11|18 pages

    An Approach to Antimicrobial Therapy

    chapter 12|24 pages

    Urinary Tract Infection

    chapter 13|26 pages

    Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses

    chapter 14|22 pages

    Pneumonia and Bronchitis

    chapter 15|12 pages

    Tuberculosis

    chapter 16|26 pages

    Infected Pressure Ulcers

    chapter 17|22 pages

    Herpes Zoster, Cellulitis, and Scabies

    chapter 18|8 pages

    Infectious Diarrhea

    chapter 19|24 pages

    Hepatitis

    chapter 20|26 pages

    Vaccinations

    chapter 22|28 pages

    Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    chapter 24|20 pages

    Gram-Negative Bacteria

    chapter 25|24 pages

    Candida and Other Fungi