“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.
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.
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.
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.
Ross S and Furrows S (2014) Rapid infection control nursing, Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.
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.