Health Protection : Principles and Practice.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780191062650
- 362.1
- RA425.H435 2016
Cover -- Health Protection -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- About the editors -- List of Contributors -- Section 1 The basics -- 1 What is health protection? -- 2 Who is involved in health protection? -- 3 Key principles and practice of health protection -- 4 The basics of infection microbiology -- Section 2 Infectious disease control case studies and scenarios -- 5 Vero cytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) O157 -- 6 Hepatitis B -- 7 Hospital multi-resistant infections -- 8 Influenza -- 9 Legionnaires' disease -- 10 Measles -- 11 Meningitis and meningococcal disease -- 12 Tuberculosis -- Section 3 Emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR), and business continuity case studies and scenarios -- 13 Business continuity: illustrated by hospital ward closures -- 14 Fire and fear: immediate and long-term health aspects -- 15 Flooding and health: immediate and long-term implications -- Section 4 Environmental Public Health practice case studies and scenarios -- 16 Ambient air pollution and health -- 17 Cancer and chronic disease clusters -- Section 5 Health protection tools -- 18 Hospital and community infection prevention and control (IPC) -- 19 Immunization -- 20 Incidents and outbreak management -- 21 Health protection surveillance -- 22 Essential statistics and epidemiology -- 23 Conducting epidemiological studies in health protection -- 24 Using evidence to guide practice in health protection -- 25 Quality assurance and audit -- Section 6 New and emerging health protection issues -- 26 New and emerging infectious diseases -- 27 New and emerging environmental hazards and situations -- 28 Global disasters and risk reduction strategies -- 29 Sustainability -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: SIMCARDs for dealing with infectious diseases.
Appendix 1.1 Concise SIMCARDs providing information on infections with public health significance in the UK -- Appendix 1.2 Abridged SIMCARDs providing information on less common infections with potential public health significance in the UK -- Appendix 1.3 Brief SIMCARDs providing basic information on relatively rare infections with low public health significance in the UK -- Appendix 2: SIMCARDs for dealing with emergency situations -- Appendix 3: SIMCARDs for dealing with environmental hazards and situations -- Appendix 4: Health Protection Legislation (England) Guidance 2010: Notifiable Diseases -- Appendix 5: The reporting of causative agents from local laboratory to local health protection team (PHE) -- Glossary -- Index.
A practical guide for practitioners working at all levels in public health and health protection. It is aimed at individuals training in health protection and public health including those with a non-specialist background.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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