Microbiology for Nurses – 3rd Edition

Salient Features

• 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.