"The fifth edition of Mayhall’s Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention has a new streamlined focus, with new editors and contributors, a new two-color format, and a new title. Continuing the legacy of excellence established by Dr. C. Glen Mayhall, this thoroughly revised text covers all aspects of healthcare-associated infections and their prevention and remains the most comprehensive reference available in this complex field. It examines every type of healthcare-associated (nosocomial) infection and addresses every issue relating to surveillance, prevention, and control of these infections in patients and in healthcare personnel, providing unparalleled coverage for hospital epidemiologists and infectious disease specialists"-- Provided by publisher

Previous editions edited by C. Glen Mayhall under the title: Hospital epidemiology and infection control

Section I. Basics of healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention -- section II. Tools/skills for the modern healthcare epidemiologist -- section III. Epidemiology and prevention of healthcare-associated infections -- section IV. Epidemiology and prevention of healthcare-associated infections in special patient populations and healthcare settings -- section V. Infections related to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures -- section VI. Epidemiology and prevention of healthcare-associated infections in healthcare workers -- section VII. Prevention of healthcare-associated infections related to the hospital environment, sterilization, and disinfection -- section VIII. Reducing antimicrobial resistance in healthcare settings through amtimicrobial stewardship -- section IX. Emergency preparedness.