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Recently Updated Content
Chapter 5 – Use of Statistics
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
Correction to specificity example equation.
Updated: 1/29/13 10:10 AM | Read updated section
Chapter 24 – Intravascular Device Infection
STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTION OF INTRAVASCULAR DEVICE-ASSOCIATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTION
Updated to reflect changes in the 2011 CDC Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular-related infections.
Updated: 8/22/11 10:30 AM | Read updated section
Chapter 46 – Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology
BASIC KNOWLEDGE
Updates to Personal Protective Equipment and Infection Prevention and Procedural Preparation for Patients subsections to reflect CDC recommendation changes in the 2011 Guideline for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections.
Updated: 8/9/11 5:09 PM | Read updated section
Chapter 65 – Interventional Radiology
INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS OF INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY PROCEDURES
Update Central Venous Catheters subsection to reflect CDC recommendation changes in the 2011 Guideline for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections.
Updated: 7/28/11 4:39 PM | Read updated section
Chapter 48 – Dialysis
HEMODIALYSIS
Update to SELECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF VASCULAR ACCESS FOR HEMODIALYSIS section to reflect CDC recommendation changes in the 2011 Guideline for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections.
Updated: 7/28/11 12:48 PM | Read updated section
Chapter 38 – Neonates
INFECTIONS AMONG NEONATES
Update to Bloodstream Infections section to reflect CDC recommendation change in the 2011 Guideline for Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections.
Updated: 7/20/11 4:13 PM | Read updated section
Chapter 23 – Surgical Site Infection
BASIC PRINCIPLES
Updated: 2/13/11 5:07 PM | Read updated section
Chapter 21 – Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization
NEW TECHNOLOGY/ISSUES
Updated: 2/13/11 4:35 PM | Read updated section
Chapter 21 – Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization
CURRENT ISSUES
Updated: 2/13/11 4:32 PM | Read updated section
Chapter 21 – Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization
DISINFECTION IN AMBULATORY CARE, HOME CARE, AND THE HOME
Updated: 2/13/11 4:14 PM | Read updated section
Chapter 21 – Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization
BASIC PRINCIPLES
Updated: 2/13/11 4:09 PM | Read updated section
Chapter 21 – Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization
BACKGROUND
Updated: 2/13/11 3:57 PM | Read updated section
Chapter 21 – Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization
KEY CONCEPTS
Updated: 2/13/11 3:57 PM | Read updated section
Chapter 21 – Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization
REFERENCES
Updated: 2/13/11 3:55 PM | Read updated section
Chapter 18 – Isolation Precautions
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Updated: 2/13/11 2:37 PM | Read updated section
Chapter 18 – Isolation Precautions
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ISOLATION PRECAUTIONS
Updated: 2/13/11 2:37 PM | Read updated section
Chapter 17 – Laboratory Testing and Diagnostics
DIAGNOSTIC METHODOLOGIES
Updated: 2/13/11 2:30 PM | Read updated section
Chapter 17 – Laboratory Testing and Diagnostics
BASIC PRINCIPLES
Updated: 2/13/11 2:27 PM | Read updated section
Chapter 17 – Laboratory Testing and Diagnostics
REFERENCES
Updated: 2/13/11 2:25 PM | Read updated section
Chapter 16 – Microbiology Basics
CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Updated: 2/9/11 4:01 PM | Read updated section
Chapter 15 – The Immunocompromised Host
FUTURE TRENDS
Updated: 2/9/11 3:48 PM | Read updated section
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