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11.2 - Principles and Compliance with Local Infection Control Measures

from Section 11 - Professionalism, Patient Safety, Governance and Health Systems Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2023

By
Julian Millo
Edited by
Ned Gilbert-Kawai ,
Debashish Dutta  and
Carl Waldmann
Ned Gilbert-Kawai
Affiliation:
The Royal Liverpool Hospital
Debashish Dutta
Affiliation:
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow
Carl Waldmann
Affiliation:
Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading
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Summary

Key Learning Points

  1. 1. Infection is a major cause for concern within critical care units.

  2. 2. Critically ill patients are particularly vulnerable to secondary infections.

  3. 3. Secondary prevention can be minimised by effective infection control measures.

  4. 4. Strict adherence to local infection control policies is appropriate.

  5. 5. Risks to healthcare workers need to be minimised.

Keywords

epidemiologyinfectioncolonisationpreventionsepsis
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Intensive Care Medicine
The Essential Guide
 , pp. 744 - 745
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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References and Further Reading

Burke, JP. Infection control – a problem for patient safety. N Engl J Med 2003;348:651–6.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Lim, SM, Webb, SA. Nosocomial bacterial infections in intensive care units. I: Organisms and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance. Anaesthesia 2005;60:887–902.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Malani, PN. Preventing infections in the ICU: one size does not fit all. JAMA 2013;310:1567–8.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Russotto, V, Cortegiani, A, Graziano, G, et al. Bloodstream infections in intensive care unit patients: distribution and antibiotic resistance of bacteria. Infect Drug Resist 2015;8:287–96.Google ScholarPubMed

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