Preventing Errors and Pitfalls in Nursing with Infectious Patients

This book informs nurses about the most common and the more serious errors made in caring for patients with infectious diseases. It provides learnings about a variety of infectious diseases, including COVID-19, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE), Clostridium difficile (C-diff.), and tuberculosis (TB), amongst others.  Factors that are predisposing and contributing factors for nursing errors are reviewed. The types of errors, consequen