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The Infection Control Resource: Prevention Strategies for IC Practitioners and Professional Nurses covers practical, clinically relevant topics in the field of infection control. We hope the articles will not only be relevant to the infection-control practitioner but also address the information and training needs of the professional nurse. This focus on the needs of both the IC professional and the staff nurse is, we believe, not adequately provided by currently available publications. It is our aspiration to serve as a resource for both groups of professionals in their mutual goal of improving infection control for patients and healthcare workers.
Each edition of the newsletter provides an opportunity to earn continuing education credits (CE). To earn FREE contact hours, download the pdf file of the desired issue and follow the instructions on page 7. The costs for the CE have been funded through an educational grant provided by Covidien, Sharps Safety Division.
Reducing environmental impact of healthcare: the infection control practitioner’s role
There are many different aspects of greening healthcare. Often what’s best for the environment is pitted against what’s best for patient safety, the bottom line, or compliance with the myriad regulations affecting healthcare organizations these days. It doesn’t have to be this way; greening healthcare can be a complementary function that can improve the environment, improve safety for employees, and enhance the care we provide to our patients.
Infection control practitioners (ICPs) can be not only involved in this effort but also leaders, adding value to their organizations and profession as well as giving themselves more job and personal satisfaction. Few other professionals in the workplace are so likely to see all parts of a hospital, from surgical suites to patient-care areas and all the way to medical waste-holding space.
Symposium
The IHI central-line bundle: members of the Infusion Nurses Society discuss its impact
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Infection Control Resource is funded through an education
grant provided by Covidien, Sharps Safety Division
ADVISORY BOARD
Gwen Beiningen,RN, MS, CIC
Infection Control Coordinator
Sioux Valley Hospitals & Health Systems
Sioux Falls, SD
Gail Bennett, RN, MSN, CIC
Associate Executive Director,
ICP Associates, Rome, GA
Nancy Bjerke, RN, MPH, CIC
Infection Control Associates
San Antonio, TX
Barbara DeBaun, RN, MSN, CIC
Director, Infection Control
California Pacific Medical Center,
San Francisco, CA
Elaine Flanagan, BSN, MSA, CIC
Manager Epidemiology
Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI
Susan Slavish, RN, BSN, MPH, CIC
Infection Control, Queen’s Medical Center
Honolulu, HI
Barbara Soule, RN, MPH, CIC
Consultant, Joint Commission Resources
Oakbrooke. IL
Each issue of Infection Control Resource contains one or more Free Continuing Education Activity (CE). Contact hours. Approval does not imply ANCC or VSNA endorsement of any product
Infection Control Resource is published quarterly by Saxe Healthcare Communications. Please direct your correspondence to:
Saxe Healthcare Communications
P.O. Box 1282
Burlington, VT 05402
info@saxecommunications.com
Fax: (802) 872-7558
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