Product Description

Concise and practical handbook for all those who have responsibility for the identification and control of infectious disease

Why Buy this Book?:

• Clear and concise – combining science, attention to detail and a practical approach
  
• Covers basic principles of communicable disease control and health protection, major syndromes, control of individual infections, main services and activities, organizational arragements for all EU countries and sources of further information
  
• All chapters updated inline with recent changes in epidemiology, new guidelines for control and adminstrative changes
  
• New or expanded chapters on immunization queries, smallpox, SARS, West Nile virus, delibrate release / bioterrorism and on–call response

"This comprehensive and practical handbook will provide a very accessible source of detailed information for everyone in the field of communicable disease control."
Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer (from the foreword)

"This handbook will be a valuable resource for all those who are interested in control of communicable disease, including public–health physicians, epidemiologists, infection control nurses, microbiologists and those training to work in these related fields."
The Lancet Infectious Diseases

"This book fulfils all the needs of a practical handbook, being easy to use and packed with practical information."
Epidemiology and Infection

"This would be the first book to reach for in any number of day–to–day or crisis situations in communicable disease control."
British Journal of Infection Control

"If you undertake on–call public health duties, just buy the book."
Journal of Public Health Medicine

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #229039 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 424 pages

Review
"A well organized and supremely practical book to have at hand when on–call for public health or indeed microbiology and infectious diseases"
Journal of Hospital Infection

"A very pragmatic, well organized handbook that has been well thought out. It should be read thoroughly and kept on the bedside table to consult as necessary."
Journal of Hospital Infection

"Each section of the book is clearly written, and laid out so that key information is readily apparent to the reader in a hurry. An excellent text, of use to infection control nurses in acute and community settings, as well as health protection staff."
British Journal of Infection Control

"This comprehensive and practical handbook will provide a very accessible source of detailed information for everyone in the field of communicable disease control."
Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer (from the foreword)

ON THE PREVIOUS EDITION

"This handbook will be a valuable resource for all those who are interested in control of communicable disease, including public–health physicians, epidemiologists, infection control nurses, microbiologists and those training to work in these related fields."
The Lancet Infectious Diseases

"This book fulfils all the needs of a practical handbook, being easy to use and packed with practical information."
Epidemiology and Infection

"This would be the first book to reach for in any number of day–to–day or crisis situations in communicable disease control."
British Journal of Infection Control

"If you undertake on–call public health duties, just buy the book."
Journal of Public Health Medicine

From the forward (of the first edition) by Sir Donald Acheson:

"...(this book) seems to me to incorporate all that is best in the tradition of (the CDSC) – sound science, attention to detail and an essentially practical approach."

"This outstanding and I suspect unique handbook is packed with useful information. I believe it will prove to be an essential resource for those, not only within the United Kingdom but throughout Europe, who have responsibility for the identification and control of infectious disease. It will also be an indispensable text for students aspiring to a career in this important field."

From the Back Cover
Concise and practical handbook for all those who have responsibility for the identification and control of infectious disease

WHY BUY THIS BOOK?

∗ Clear and concise – combining science, attention to detail and a practical approach

∗ Covers basic principles of communicable disease control and health protection, major syndromes, control of individual infections, main services and activities, organizational arragements for all EU countries and sources of further information

∗ All chapters updated inline with recent changes in epidemiology, new guidelines for control and adminstrative changes

∗ New or expanded chapters on immunization queries, smallpox, SARS, West Nile virus, delibrate release / bioterrorism and on–call response

"This comprehensive and practical handbook will provide a very accessible source of detailed information for everyone in the field of communicable disease control."
Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer (from the foreword)

"This handbook will be a valuable resource for all those who are interested in control of communicable disease, including public–health physicians, epidemiologists, infection control nurses, microbiologists and those training to work in these related fields."
The Lancet Infectious Diseases

"This book fulfils all the needs of a practical handbook, being easy to use and packed with practical information."
Epidemiology and Infection

"This would be the first book to reach for in any number of day–to–day or crisis situations in communicable disease control."
British Journal of Infection Control

"If you undertake on–call public health duties, just buy the book."
Journal of Public Health Medicine

About the Author
Dr Jeremy Hawker, Deputy Director, Local and Regional Services, Health Protection Agency, UK

Dr Norman Begg, Director of Medical Affairs, GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge, UK

Dr Iain Blair, Consultant in Communicable Disease, Health Protection Agency, Hampshire, UK

Professor Ralf Reintjes, Professor for Epidemiology and Public Health Surveillance, Hamburg University of Applied Science, Germany

Professor Julius Weinberg, Pro–Vice Chancellor, City University, London, UK

Customer Reviews

Communicable Disease Control Handbook
this is a very useful book. it will appeal to a novice in infection control as well as the expert.
the book is very clearly layed out and each disease is easy to find and described in adequate detail
it will appeal to a variety of professions ranging from health care staff through to social care, both in primary and secondary care sttings.
it is a great help for those writing policies, needing evidence based information.

Good, essential reading for health protection
It is a really good book for health protection in the UK, especially for on-call duties. Very practical and straight to the point.