Infection prevention & control—A clinical engineering perspective
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Lúcio Flávio de Magalhães Brito; Douglas Magagna
- Source
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Glossary
business.industry
Health care
Infection control
Medicine
Medical emergency
business
medicine.disease
Clinical engineering
- Language
Healthcare facilities are high-risk environments for both patients and health workers. This chapter addresses those risks associated with infections and how these can be eliminated or mitigated. Sterilization concepts and methods commonly used, infection control practices that should be observed by clinical engineering practitioners, medical devices commonly associated with infection, and healthcare waste and its safe disposal are covered. Terms used in Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) are described in a Glossary.