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

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.

Product details

• Authors: Alberti, Marguerite Dupree, Anne Marie Rafferty, Anne Marie Dupree Rafferty
• Assisted by: Fay Bound Alberti (Editor), Alberti Fay Bound (Editor), Fay Bound Alberti (Editor), Marguerite Dupree (Editor), Dupree Marguerite (Editor), Anne Marie Rafferty (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781526140784
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-4078-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Print on demand; Social Histories of Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; HISTORY / Social History, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Social & cultural history, MEDICAL / History, MEDICAL / Infectious Diseases, History of Medicine, Social and cultural history, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, Hospital-acquired infections, Hospital infections