Preventing Hospital Infections

Jennifer Meddings, MD, MSc is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Michigan Health System and the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System.Vineet Chopra, MD, is Associate Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine and Research Scientist at the University of Michigan and VA Ann Arbor Health System. Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH, MACP, is the Chief of Medicine at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and the George Dock Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan.

• PrefaceAbout the Authors1. An Effective Strategy to Combat Hospital Infections2. Committing to an Infection Prevention Initiative3. Types of Interventions: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection4. Types of Interventions: Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection5. Building the Team6. The Importance of Leadership and Followership7. Common Problems, Realistic Solutions8. Joining a Collaborative9. Toward Sustainability10. Taking on Clostridioides difficile11. The Future of Infection PreventionAppendicesReferencesIndex

Most infection prevention related literature is found in scholarly journals or textbooks covering definitions and research surrounding each specific hospital-acquired infection. I found this book to be a refreshing and needed take that would be valuable to the entire healthcare team focusing on prevention of infections. It is of excellent quality and written by experts in the field, combined with appropriate and timely references.