Emergency Preparedness - Infection Control

For as long as humans have walked the earth, our species has struggled with infectious diseases. The strategies for controlling contagion and managing illness have shaped our societies and traditions. This tour-de-force manual, which covers a range of topics from disease surveillance to vaccines and therapeutics, takes a comprehensive look at how infectious diseases are managed in the modern era. Only APHA could bring together such distinguished scholars in a single book, one that will guide us through the present into the post-pandemic future.

For four decades, physicians and other healthcare providers have trusted Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases to provide expert guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of these complex disorders. This 9th Edition continues the tradition of excellence with newly expanded chapters, increased global coverage, and regular updates to keep you at the forefront of this vitally important field. Meticulously updated by Drs. John E. Bennett, Raphael Dolin, and Martin J. Blaser, this comprehensive, two-volume masterwork puts the latest information on challenging infectious diseases at your fingertips.

The fifth edition of Mayhall’s Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention has a new streamlined focus, with new editors and contributors, a new two-color format, and a new title. Continuing the legacy of excellence established by Dr. C. Glen Mayhall, this thoroughly revised text covers all aspects of healthcare-associated infections and their prevention and remains the most comprehensive reference available in this complex field. It examines every type of healthcare-associated (nosocomial) infection and addresses every issue relating to surveillance, prevention, and control of these infections in patients and in healthcare personnel, providing unparalleled coverage for hospital epidemiologists and infectious disease specialists.

Diagnostics, surveillance, and disease trend analysis are increasingly critical parts of a comprehensive infection prevention program. For this reason, infection preventionists and laboratory professionals need to understand the roles each must play and work together to improve patient outcomes. To facilitate this, APIC partnered with the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) to create the IP Col-Lab-oration project, part of the Building Bridges program.

Concise, portable, and user-friendly, The Washington Manual™ Infectious Diseases Subspecialty Consult, Third Edition, provides essential information needed to evaluate patients on a subspecialty consult service. This edition offers state-of-the-art content on the diagnosis, investigation, and treatment of a wide variety of infectious diseases, including coverage of new and emerging pathogens, rapid molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases, and new therapeutic and preventive strategies. Ideal for trainees and practicing physicians who need quick access to current scientific and clinical information in this rapidly changing area, the manual is also useful as a first-line resource for internists and other primary care providers.