Overview -- Personnel -- Equipment -- Utilities -- Environmental services -- Construction -- Emergency Management -- Performance improvement and measurement -- Appendix A: Overview of the CDC's guidelines for environmental infection control in health care facilities -- Appendix B: Performance measures for the CDC's guidelines for environmental infection control in health care facilities -- Index
Summary
Disease-causing organisms result in nearly two million infections in hospitals each year and nearly 88,000 patients die as a result. The text addresses the unique infection control issues within the environment of care for all health care settings
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