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Germs and Governance: The Past, Present and Future of Hospital Infection, Prevention and Control

Germs and Governance: The Past, Present and Future of Hospital Infection, Prevention and Control

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Series: Social Histories of Medicine, Book 27

Medical ReferencePublic HealthSocial Movements

ISBN10: 1526140780
ISBN13: 9781526140784
Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr
Published: Mar 30 2021
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.75 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Germs and governance brings together leading historians, practitioners and policy makers to consider the past, present and future of hospital infection control. Combining historical case-studies with practitioner experiences, this volume offers a new understanding of the emergence of theories of germ transmission and containment and how these theories played out in real-world environments, networks and professional organisations.

Exploring the historical context in which technologies like gloves were developed and popularised, as well as how relationships between communities and hospitals, doctors and nurses, and the emerging role of hospital bacteriologists have shaped infection control practices, the collection emphasises the diverse contexts in which ideas about germs, infection and safety circulated. The volume also addresses the historical neglect of the critical role of nurses in the development and success of infection control measures.

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