AAAHC adds infection control chapter to standards handbook.

Basics of Vitrectomy

It is a handbook of vitreoretinal surgery and may be useful for fellows, senior residents, or junior practitioners in a retina care center. There are 14 chapters in the book. The first chapter is on the history of vitreous surgery which explains the evolution of vitreous surgery in terms of instruments and developments of techniques in simple language. In the following chapters, techniques such...

Handbook of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

Standardization in software engineering plays an important role for integrating, regulating, and optimizing existing best practices and fundamental theories in software development and organization. An idiom says that one can “gain new knowledge by reviewing the past.” This chapter reviews current software engineering and software quality related standards and the history of their development. ...

Hospital Infection Control accreditation standards: A Comparative Review

Introduction: Nosocomial infection (NI) is an infection occurring in a patient after 48 hours of hospitalization or up to 72 hours after discharge from the hospital, which was not present or incubating at the time of admission.  Hospital accreditation standards have a significant impact on the prevention and control of NI. Nevertheless, Iran’s hospital accreditation standards face challenges. T...

Chapter 7. Working Memory, Executive Control and Aging the Handbook of Aging and Cognition Third Edition

Compliance With Infection Control Guidelines in the Operating Rooms

Introduction: Compliance with the safety standards in the operating rooms, as one of the most complex work environments in the health care systems, is very important. One of the safety measures is the infection control standard.  Objective: This study aimed to investigate compliance with infection control standards in the operating rooms of teaching hospitals in Rasht City, Iran. Materials an...