Description

Key Features

• Book has been thoroughly framed as per revised Indian Nursing Council Curriculum for BSc Nursing 2021. • Divided into two parts: Applied Microbiology and Infection Control Including Safety. • Applied Microbiology Part comprises of sections: General microbiology, Immunology, Bacterial infections, Viral infections, Parasitic infections and Fungal infections. • Infection Control Part comprises of HAI, Standard precautions (hand hygiene and PPE), transmission-based precautions, HAI surveillance and HICC, Sterilization and disinfection, BMW management, Needle stick injury, Environmental surveillance, Laundry management, Immunization program for HCW and Antimicrobial stewardship. • COVID-19: A completely new chapter has been added covering in detail about most catastrophic disease of today date, the COVID-19. • Infective Syndrome: Separate chapters on various infective syndromes have been incorporated such as bloodstream infection, meningitis, UTI, diarrhea, etc. • Practical Microbiology: A separate chapter has been incorporated covering the various aspects of practical microbiology relevant to the nursing students. • Specimen Collection: A dedicated chapter of specimen collection has been added. • Patient Safety and Safety Protocol for HCW: Dedicated chapters have been added as per the new INC curriculum, covering patient safety indicators, incident or adverse event, International patient safety goals, Safety protocol for healthcare workers, etc. • Most features of author's popular MBBS book has been maintained in this book: o More content, less pages—saves student's time o Concise, bulleted format and to-the-point text—easy to read during examination o Simple and lucid language—makes the understanding easy o Separate highlighted boxes—for important topics and treatment boxes for quick review.