Practical Healthcare Epidemiology

Practical Healthcare Epidemiology takes a hands-on approach to infection prevention for physicians, healthcare epidemiologists, infection preventionists, microbiologists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. Increased regulatory requirements and patient knowledge and involvement has elevated patient safety, healthcare-associated infections, antibiotic stewardship and quality-of-care to healthcare wide issues. This fully updated new edition brings together the expertise of leaders in healthcare epidemiology to provide best practice expert guidance on infection prevention for adult and pediatric patients in all types of healthcare facilities, from community hospitals and academic institutions, to long-term care and resource limited settings. Written in clear, straightforward terms to address prevention planning and immediate responses to specific situations, this is the go-to resource for any practitioners in medicine or public health involved in infection prevention, regardless of their current expertise in the field.

About the Author

Ebbing Lautenbach, MD, MPH, MSCE is the Robert Austrian Professor of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania. He serves as the Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, and Director of Research for the Department of Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention. Dr Lautenbach's research focuses on healthcare-associated infections by antibiotic-resistant pathogens.

Preeti N. Malani, MD, MSJ, is the University of Michigan's Chief Health Officer and Professor of Internal Medicine. She is also Director of the National Poll on Healthy Aging based at the Institute for Health Policy and Innovation. Dr Malani's clinical and research interests include infection prevention, surgical site infections, and health care policy.

Keith F. Woeltje, MD, Ph.D. is a Professor of Medicine in Infectious Diseases at the Washington University School of Medicine and Vice-President and Chief Medical Information Officer for BJC HealthCare. His research interests are in the use of informatics tools for surveillance and reduction of healthcare associated infections and other preventable harm events.

Jennifer H. Han, MD, MSCE is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the Perelman School of Medicine and a Senior Scholar in the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania. She serves as Associate Healthcare Epidemiologist at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr Han's research focuses on antibiotic resistance and multidrug-resistant organisms, with a specific focus on the post-acute care setting.

Emily K. Shuman, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and an Associate Hospital Epidemiologist at the University of Michigan. Dr Shuman's clinical and research interests include surgical site infections, occupational health and healthcare worker immunization, and emerging infectious diseases.

Jonas Marschall, MD, M.Sc., is the Medical Director of the Infection Prevention Program at Bern University Hospital, Switzerland, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Infectious Diseases at Washington University School of Medicine. His research interests are the epidemiology and prevention of healthcare-associated infections with a focus on catheter-associated urinary tract infections.