Health protection : principles and practice / edited by Sam Ghebrehewet, Alex G. Stewart [and three others].

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Health Protection; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Abbreviations; About the editors; List of Contributors; Section 1 The basics; 1 What is health protection?; 2 Who is involved in health protection?; 3 Key principles and practice of health protection; 4 The basics of infection microbiology; Section 2 Infectious disease control case studies and scenarios; 5 Vero cytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) O157; 6 Hepatitis B; 7 Hospital multi-​resistant infections; 8 Influenza; 9 Legionnaires' disease; 10 Measles; 11 Meningitis and meningococcal disease; 12 Tuberculosis

Section 3 Emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR), and business continuity case studies and scenarios13 Business continuity: illustrated by hospital ward closures; 14 Fire and fear: immediate and long-​term health aspects; 15 Flooding and health: immediate and long-​term implications; Section 4 Environmental Public Health practice case studies and scenarios; 16 Ambient air pollution and health; 17 Cancer and chronic disease clusters; Section 5 Health protection tools; 18 Hospital and community infection prevention and control (IPC); 19 Immunization

20 Incidents and outbreak management21 Health protection surveillance; 22 Essential statistics and epidemiology; 23 Conducting epidemiological studies in health protection; 24 Using evidence to guide practice in health protection; 25 Quality assurance and audit; Section 6 New and emerging health protection issues; 26 New and emerging infectious diseases; 27 New and emerging environmental hazards and situations; 28 Global disasters and risk reduction strategies; 29 Sustainability; Appendices; Appendix 1: SIMCARDs for dealing with infectious diseases

Appendix 1.1 Concise SIMCARDs providing information on infections with public health significance in the UKAppendix 1.2 Abridged SIMCARDs providing information on less common infections with potential public health significance in the UK; Appendix 1.3 Brief SIMCARDs providing basic information on relatively rare infections with low public health significance in the UK; Appendix 2: SIMCARDs for dealing with emergency situations; Appendix 3: SIMCARDs for dealing with environmental hazards and situations; Appendix 4: Health Protection Legislation (England) Guidance 2010: Notifiable Diseases

Appendix 5: The reporting of causative agents from local laboratory to local health protection team (PHE)Glossary; Index

A practical guide for practitioners working at all levels in public health and health protection. It is aimed at individuals training in health protection and public health including those with a non-specialist background.

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