Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Nursing

by Inge Gurevich

Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Nursing goes far beyond institutional infection control policies and proceduresto aid recognition of patients who may have transmissible infections, identify the clinical clues that an infection is present, and deal with the anxieties, issues, and 'gray' areas of self-protection. Chapter by chapter it covers: how the immune system works, how to safely collect and interpret specimens for culture, various pathogens,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 083420083X
• ISBN13: 9780834200838
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: Aspen Publishers
• Length: 263 Pages