Microbiology for Nurses

Detailed discussion of collection and transport of specimens for microbiological examination, sterilization, hospital-associated infections, hospital waste management.

Practising nurses will find chapters on Occupational Hazards and Patient Safety particularly useful.

New to This Edition

Chapters on bacteriology have been rewritten.

Vital areas of patient care including management of hospital waste have been detailed and patient safety introduced.

Adequate stress has been placed on different aspects of immunology.

Overall, chapters are more structured, containing more tables, coloured photographs and flow charts to enhance the lucidity of the book.

Every chapter is equipped with Things to Remember and Revision Questions at its end.

The Role of Nurse boxes have been added, as it has been the focus throughout the book.

Interesting information about the ongoing topic is at hand in the Do You Know boxes.