В руководстве излагаются сведения о медицинском значении членистоногих, составляющие предмет изучения медицинской арахноэнтомологии. Основное внимание уделяется частным разделам медицинской арахноэнтомологии, в первую очередь описанию насекомых и клещей как основных переносчиков возбудителей трансмиссивных болезней в Российской Федерации. В кратком объеме приводятся сведения о некоторых бытовых насекомых и вредителях запасов продовольствия.
Для каждой группы членистоногих и для ряда доминирующих видов приводятся сведения об их строении, циклах развития, распространении, местах обитания, методах сбора, их медицинском значении и методах борьбы.
Издание предназначено для врачей-паразитологов, зоологов-энтомологов, эпидемиологов, а также других специалистов санитарно-эпидемиологических учреждений.
Кроме того, оно может быть полезно для врачей других специальностей, в том числе клинических, которым в своей практической деятельности приходится сталкиваться с трансмиссивными болезнями, а также для студентов медицинских вузов при изучении вопросов медицинской паразитологии и эпидемиологии трансмиссивных инфекций.

В книге рассматриваются различные аспекты латентной туберкулезной инфекции (ЛТИ): механизмы развития, сохранения и выхода из латентного состояния, дормантные локусы и гены; диагностика и эпидемиология ЛТИ, группы риска развития ЛТИ, прогрессирование ЛТИ —  переход в активный туберкулез и профилактическое (превентивное) лечение.
Книга предназначена для научных работников и врачей различных специальностей (фтизиатров, пульмонологов, эпидемиологов и др.).

Prepared as per the competency Based Medical Education Curriculum (NMC). New chapters and topics are added such as Essential Medicine, Hospital Waste Management, Social Security, Disaster Management, Medical Informatics, Rational Drug Management, Urban Health, Medical Ethics and PH Law. Also included Ayushman Bharat Programme, Dengue Burden, Janani Suraksha Yojana, Millennium Development Goals, Nipah Virus Infection, NITI Aayog 2017-2020, NHP 2017, NUHM, Recent Global TB Strategy, Right of Persons with Disability Bill 2016, Trends in Recent Immunization, Tribal Health and Zika Viral Infection. Relevant items are indexed to facilitate cross references.

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This Handbook mainly focuses on accidents and their prevention health safety in organisations occupational health & safety statutes on accident compensation pollution control and protection and Disaster Management. This Handbook provides various suggestions on how to enhance conceptual knowledge and professional skills making it an indispensable tool for those looking to improve workplace safety and health.It contains 15 chapters and 10 Appendices.Salient features· Presents the material in a simple and lucid style for easy understanding of a multi-dimensional subject· An authoritative and up-to-date text related to Indian situation· Immensely useful to students of management and engineering and also professionals working in the field of industrial safety and health.

This book describes all about prevention and control of healthcare- and laboratory-associated infections in 12 sections. It starts with introduction and later sections covering basic science, healthcare- and laboratory-associated infections, safe practices, device management, and surveillance. Provides a detailed description on Infection Prevention and Control Programme, Policies and Protocols in different hospital areas and different patient populations. Describes standard, airborne, droplet, and transmission-based precautions. The book summarizes current concepts on personnel safety along with cleaning, sterilization, and disinfection; safe environment in OT and during construction; central sterilization and supplies and laundry; air, water, and food safety and outbreak management. Describes antimicrobials, antibiogram, antibiotic policy, and antimicrobial stewardship. This edition also includes an important chapter on the ongoing pandemic of SARS CoV 2 infection that deals with epidemiology, pathogenesis and prevention strategies (both in hospitals and communities) for COVID 19 that will be of value to the readers. The book is written by experts with immense knowledge and expertise on the subject in simple, easy to understand language and flow charts based on the current knowledge. Information detailed in last two chapters and MCQs given at end of each chapter help the readers to prepare power points to train and educate the healthcare personnel.