“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 (2014) Antimicrobial resistance: RCN position on the nursing contribution, London, RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2012) Essential practice for infection prevention and control: guidance for nursing staff (Wipe it out: one chance to get it right), 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 (2014) Infection prevention and control: information and learning resources for health care staff (3rd edition), London, RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2012) The role of the link nurse in infection prevention and control document (IPC): developing a link nurse framework, London, RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2012) Tools of the trade: RCN guidance for health care staff on glove use and the prevention of contact dermatitis, London, RCN.
Association of Healthcare Cleaning Professionals and Royal College of Nursing (2013) Creating a safe environment for care: defining the relationship between cleaning and nursing staff, London, RCN.
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.
Damani N (2012) Manual of infection prevention and control, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kaye KS (2011) Infection prevention and control in the hospital, London: Saunders.
Kowalski W J (2012) Hospital airborne infection control, Boca Raton: CRC Press.
McGuckin M, Goldfarb T and Pronovost P (2012) The patient survival guide: a simple solution to prevent hospital-and-healthcare-associated infection, New York: Demos Medical Publishing.
Saint S, Krein S L and Stock R W (2015) Preventing hospital infections: real world problems, realistic solutions, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Thomas V (2011) Fundamental aspects of infection prevention and control, London: Quay.
Walker JT (2014) Decontamination in hospitals and healthcare, Cambridge: Woodhead Publishing.
Weston D (2013) Fundamentals of infection prevention and control: theory and practice, Hoboken: Wiley.
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