Integrating the latest evidence-based epidemiology and CDC guidelines, this pocket-sized reference provides key knowledge in a handy, easy-to-use format! Bulleted lists, tables, and charts make this reference perfect for use on the go. Content covers infection control from every angle of the nursing floor - including precautions for caring for patients with infections, principles of infection control, and placement of patients with infections. Get fast access to illustrations, charts, and tables with the quick-reference format and 8 easy-to-find tabbed sections. Keep yourself and your patients safe from infection with information on how to implement the CDC and WHO's guidelines for hand hygiene and environmental infection control. Find important information quickly with charts of the most common infectious agents/diseases and clinical conditions that call for isolation precautions. Stay informed with the latest developments in the field with summaries of the CDC's new guidelines and reviews of literature on infection control science. Contain infections with updated coverage of the principles of pathogen transmission, barrier precautions, isolation practices, and respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette. Locate content quickly with a rapid-reference table of contents for each section with handy cross-references. Lay the book flat and leave your hands free to work with convenient spiral binding.