Contents
Contributors; Introduction; 1: Infection on the intensive care unit: the scale of the problem; 2: Infection control on the intensive care unit; 3: Colonisation or infection?; 4: Catheter-related infection; 5: Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance; 6: Antibiotic rotation to control resistance; 7: Antibiotic policies in the intensive care unit.

Abstract
This volume in the ""Critical Care Focus"" series addresses the issue of infection control and antibiotic resistance in the Intensive Care Unit and includes discussion of the problem of infection facing intensive care staff. The book also includes information on measures to control infection.