Understanding Infection Prevention and Control is a comprehensive compendium of infection prevention and control (IPC) processes which can be applied to all countries. The text embraces the recent developments and recommendations in IPC from international authorities, such as the World Health Organization. 

• What is infection prevention and control (IPC)?

• Microbiology

• Education in IPC

• Decontamination & Sterilization

• Risk Management in IPC

• IPC and Built environment

• Support Services

• Public Health

• Communicable disease

• Occupational Health

• Outbreak investigation

• Epidemiology, research methodology & basic statistics

• Audit, surveillance

• Monitoring and Evaluation

• Economics of IPC