Infection Control

Senior Lecturer in Nursing and Infection Control, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury

• Section 1: Outlining the major issues - The nature of infect control. Perspectives from the clinical setting. Legal issues. Biomedical vs biopsychosocial perspectives. Psychosocial theories and approaches in perspective. The interrelated nature of a psychosocial approach. Section 2: Towards achieving consistent safe practice - The complexities of behaviour change. Clown doctors. Reflection as a facilitator of safe practice. Clinical supervision as a facilitator of safe practice. Facilitating safe practice through education. Challenging the status quo. Raising public awareness: failure to inform, failure to protect and health inequalities.

Review Quotes 'This is not simply a book about infection control. Paul Elliott's text is a much needed account of the psychosocial principles which explain why health and social care workers do or do not take appropriate infection control measures. Reminds the reader that infection control is an integral part of day-to-day patient care and not an optional extra. The book has given me valuable additional insight into infection prevention and control, and has made me consider some different approaches to my practice as a medical microbiologist dealing with infection prevention and control. I recommend the book as a useful reference text for all health and social care workers and as essential reading for specialists in infection prevention and control.' THE BULLETIN OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PATHOLOGISTS 'A refreshing re-examination of infection control and why effective prevention and control measures are not implemented. This book provides a useful understanding of the psychosocial issues affecting the delivery of care and forms a good basis for considering the science of infection control implementation. I recommend it to all nurses involved in care delivery.' NURSING STANDARD