Infection Prevention Control (IPC) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

This chapter outlines a key component of improved AMR; namely infection prevention control (IPC). It addresses some of the issues most commonly associated with IPC including hand hygiene, waste disposal and infrastructure. It then addresses wound management as an Infection Control issue. The emergen...

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Autores principales: Ackers, Louise, Ackers-Johnson, Gavin, Welsh, Joanne, Kibombo, Daniel, Opio, Samuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7682585/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62662-4_4
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Sumario:This chapter outlines a key component of improved AMR; namely infection prevention control (IPC). It addresses some of the issues most commonly associated with IPC including hand hygiene, waste disposal and infrastructure. It then addresses wound management as an Infection Control issue. The emergence of wound management as a central focus in the Maternal Sepsis Intervention proved pivotal in shaping the pathway to antimicrobial stewardship.

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