“Infection prevention and control is the clinical application of microbiology in practice. Infection or disease may be caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses or prions and can result in a wide variety of infections …Understanding how infections occur and how different micro-organisms act and spread is crucial to preventing infections.” (RCN Clinical topic: Infection prevention and control). Use this guide to find information resources related to infection prevention and control including books, reports and journal articles.
Royal College of Nursing (2017) Creating a strategic focus to support the prevention of infection: RCN statement, London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2017) Essential practice for infection prevention and control: guidance for nursing staff, London, RCN.
Royal College of Nursing and Infection Prevention Society (2016) Infection prevention and control commissioning toolkit: guidance and information for nursing and commissioning staff in England (3rd edition), London, RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2017) Infection prevention and control: information and learning resources for health care staff, London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2018) Tools of the trade: guidance for health care staff on glove use and the prevention of contact dermatitis, London: RCN.
Davies, SC, Grant, J and Catchpole M (2013) The drugs don't work: a global threat, London: Viking.
Delves-Yates C and Northway R (2018) Essentials of nursing practice (2nd edition), Los Angeles, Sage. 
Gould D and Brooker C (2008) Infection prevention and control: applied microbiology for healthcare (2nd edition), Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
McGuire-Wolfe C (2017) Foundations of infection control and prevention, Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Ross S and Furrows S (2014) Rapid infection control nursing, Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.
Colbert B J and Gonzalez III L S (2015) Microbiology: practical applications and infection prevention, Boston: Cengage Learning.
Saint S, Krein S L and Stock R W (2015) Preventing hospital infections: real world problems, realistic solutions, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Walker JT (2014) Decontamination in hospitals and healthcare, Cambridge: Woodhead Publishing.
Weston D, Burgess A and Roberts S (2017) Infection prevention and control at a glance, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.
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