Section 1. Overview of Infection Control and Prevention
Chapter 1. Basic Principles of Infection Control
Chapter 2. The Role of the Environment and Colonization in Healthcare Associated Infections
Chapter 3. The Role of Antimicrobial Stewardship
Chapter 4: Infection Control and the Need for Family/Child Centered Care
Section 2. Major Healthcare-Associated Infection Syndromes
Chapter 5: Fever in the Hospitalized or Critically Ill Child
Chapter 6: Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)
Chapter 7: Ventilator Associated Pneumonias
Chapter 8: Infections Complicating Abdominal Surgery Procedures
Chapter 9: Infections Complicating Orthopedic Surgery and Implants
Chapter 10: Infections Complicating Neurosurgical Procedures/Devices
Chapter 11: Infections Complicating Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiac Devices
Chapter 12: Healthcare-Associated Gastrointestinal Infections
Chapter 13: Healthcare-associated Urinary Tract Infections
Chapter 14: Healthcare Associated Viral Infections: Considerations for Nosocomial Transmission and Infection Control
Section 3. Infections in Vulnerable Hosts
Chapter 15: Healthcare-associated infections in the NICU: a brief review
Chapter 16: Infection Prevention in pediatric oncology and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients
Chapter 17: Nosocomial Infections in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation
Chapter 18: Infections in Pediatric Patients with End Stage Renal Disease
About the Author: Jonathon Chase McNeil, MD, BS
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Section of Infectious Disease
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children's Hospital
1102 Bates Street, Suite 1150
Houston, TX 77030
Judith R. Campbell, MD
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Section of Infectious Disease
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children's Hospital
1102 Bates Street
Houston, TX 77030-2399, USA
Jonathan Crews MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Baylor College of Medicine
The Children's Hospital of San Antonio
315 N. San Saba, Suite 1003
San Antonio, TX 78207
