Rafferty / Unknown / Dupree Germs and governance

The past, present and future of hospital infection, prevention and control
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-5261-4079-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, Band 27, 328 Seiten

Reihe: Social Histories of Medicine

This book addresses global concerns about microbial resistance. Combining historical case studies and first-hand practitioner accounts, it offers insights beyond current literature. Contributions from leading scholars, practitioners and policy makers explore outbreaks of MRSA and compare infection control measures in different case-study contexts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Unknown,

Rafferty, Anne Marie

Dupree, Marguerite

Alberti, Fay Bound

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword – Professor Dame Sally Davies
Introduction – Marguerite Dupree, Anne Marie Rafferty and Fay Bound Alberti

Part I: Policy and infection control
1 Hospital infections and the role of the community before MRSA, 1930–1960 – Flurin Condrau
2 Cleanliness costs: the evolving relationship between infection and length of stay in antibiotic-era hospitals – Sally Sheard

Part II: Infection control: Nurses and medical students
3 Pus, pedagogy and practice: how ‘dirt’ shaped surgical nurse training and hierarchies of practice, 1900–1935 – Pamela Wood
4 Septic subjects: infection control and occupational illness in British hospitals, c. 1870–1970 – Claire L. Jones
5 Learning the art and science of infection prevention and control: a practical application – Susan Macqueen

Part III: Practice and infection control: Focus on gloves
6 Wax paste and vaccination: alternatives to surgical gloves for infection control, 1880–1945 – Thomas Schlich
7 The evolving role of gloves in healthcare – Jennie Wilson

Part IV: Practice and infection control: In the laboratory
8 Constructing the ‘Sanitary Officer’: the Pathologist’s role in infection prevention and control at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, 1892–1939 – Rosemary Cresswell
9 Infection control from the laboratory to the clinic: John H. Bowie and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, c.1945–1970 – Susan Gardiner

Part V: Into the future
10 Infection prevention and control in the twenty-first century: the era of patient safety – Neil Wigglesworth
11 Infection control and antimicrobial resistance: the past, the present and the future – Alistair Leanord

Conclusion: using the past – Marguerite Dupree, Anne Marie Rafferty and Fay Bound Alberti
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Dame Anne Marie Rafferty CBE is Professor of Nursing Policy at King’s College London and President of the Royal College of Nursing
Marguerite Dupree is Professor Emeritus of Social and Medical History at the University of Glasgow and Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College at the University of Cambridge

Fay Bound Alberti is Professor of Modern History and Director of the Centre for Technology and the Body at King’s College London