Infection in the intensive care unit / edited by Todd Tartavoulle, Jennifer Manning.
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TextSeries: Clinics. Nursing ; 29-1.Publisher: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2017Description: 1 volumeContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780323477376 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Intensive care units | Infection | Health and Fitness | Health and WellbeingDDC classification: 616'.028 Summary: Critical care units are high-risk areas which contribute to increased health care costs and increased patient morbidity and mortality. Patients in critical care units are commonly confronted with existing and the potential to develop infections. Critical care practitioners play a crucial role as initial providers to critically ill patients with infections through the delivery of timely and appropriate therapies aimed to prevent and treat patient infections. The responsibility of critical care practitioners include prudent delivery of care to treat current infections as well as ensuring the delivery of care does not increase the development of new infections. Aggressive infection control measures are needed to reduce infections in critical care settings. Dissemination of scholarly work on the topic of infection in critically ill patients can play a role in improving patient outcomes.
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| 616.028 HIG High dependency nursing care : observation, intervention and support for level 2 patients. | 616.028 IMM Immediate life support / | 616.028 IMM Immediate life support / | 616.028 INF Infection in the intensive care unit / | 616.028 JEV Emergency care and first aid for nurses : a practical guide / | 616.028 JEV Treating the critically ill patient / | 616.028 JEV Treating the critically ill patient / |
Critical care units are high-risk areas which contribute to increased health care costs and increased patient morbidity and mortality. Patients in critical care units are commonly confronted with existing and the potential to develop infections. Critical care practitioners play a crucial role as initial providers to critically ill patients with infections through the delivery of timely and appropriate therapies aimed to prevent and treat patient infections. The responsibility of critical care practitioners include prudent delivery of care to treat current infections as well as ensuring the delivery of care does not increase the development of new infections. Aggressive infection control measures are needed to reduce infections in critical care settings. Dissemination of scholarly work on the topic of infection in critically ill patients can play a role in improving patient outcomes.
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