Germs and governance : the past, present and future of hospital infection, prevention and control / edited by Anne Marie Rafferty, Marguerite Dupree and Fay Bound Alberti.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rafferty, Anne Marie, editor.

Dupree, Marguerite, editor.

Alberti, Fay Bound, 1971- editor.

Series:

Social histories of medicine.

Social histories of medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nosocomial infections--Prevention.

Nosocomial infections.

Hospitals--Administration.

Hospitals.

Hospital buildings--Sanitation.

Hospital buildings.

Nosocomial infections--Prevention--History.

Nosocomial infections--History.

Hospitals--Administration--History.

Hospital buildings--Sanitation--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 301 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This volume 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.

Contents:

Introduction

Marguerite Dupree, Anne Marie Rafferty and Fay Bound Alberti Part I: Policy and infection control1 Hospital infections and the role of the community before MRSA, 1930-1960

Flurin Condrau2 Cleanliness costs: the evolving relationship between infection and length of stay in antibiotic-era hospitals

Sally Sheard Part II: Infection control: Nurses and medical students3 Pus, pedagogy and practice: how 'dirt' shaped surgical nurse training and hierarchies of practice, 1900-1935

Pamela Wood4 Septic subjects: infection control and occupational illness in British hospitals, <i>c</i>. 1870-1970

Claire L. Jones5 Learning the art and science of infection prevention and control: a practical application

Susan Macqueen Part III: Practice and infection control: Focus on gloves6 Wax paste and vaccination: alternatives to surgical gloves for infection control, 1880-1945

Thomas Schlich7 The evolving role of gloves in healthcare<i>

</i>Jennie Wilson Part IV: Practice and infection control: In the laboratory8 Constructing the 'Sanitary Officer': the Pathologist's role in infection prevention and control at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, 1892-1939

Rosemary Cresswell9 Infection control from the laboratory to the clinic: John H. Bowie and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, <i>c</i>.1945-1970

Susan Gardiner Part V: Into the future10 Infection prevention and control in the twenty-first century: the era of patient safety<i> -</i> Neil Wigglesworth11 Infection control and antimicrobial resistance: the past, the present and the future

Alistair Leanord Conclusion: using the past<b>

</b>Marguerite Dupree, Anne Marie Rafferty and Fay Bound AlbertiIndex

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 17, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526171986

1526171988

9781526140791

1526140799

OCLC:

1255803759