Infection Control in Home Care and Hospice

Infection Control in Home Care and Hospice, 2nd Edition
Emily Rhinehart, RN, MPH, CIC, CPHQ, AIG Consultants, Inc., Healthcare Management Division, Mary McGoldrick Friedman, MS, RN, CRNI, Home Care and Hospice Consultant, Home Health Systems, Inc.

Softcover: 245 pages

Size: 10.9" x 8.5"
ISBN 0763740160
9780763740160
Jones & Bartlett
August 2005
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This book is designed to provide the principles of infection control and their application in the home care setting. The second edition has been thoroughly updated and revised with the latest CDC Guidelines on infection control in home care, and a new chapter on Bioterrorism. Written specifically for use by home care and hospice staff, this book provides:

As the home care industry has grown and expanded, and in light of the JCAHO requirements to implement surveillance activities and measures to prevent and control infection, the need for a more planned, organized approach to infection control has become increasingly more important. The contents of this book include:

This book is an official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) is a multi-disciplinary voluntary international organization with over 10,000 members. Its purpose is to influence, support and improve the quality of healthcare through the practice and management of infection control and the application of epidemiology in all health settings. The organization, which is based in Washington, DC, is led by an elected board of members who volunteer their time and expertise. The Association for Practitioners in Infection Control (APIC) was conceived in 1972 out of recognition of the need for an organized, systematic approach to the "control" of infections acquired as a result of hospitalization.1 The name was changed to the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC), in 1994 to recognize the organization's maturation and evolution into the broader context of healthcare delivery in this country, which includes the study of non-infectious adverse outcomes and the movement of care outside the traditional healthcare system, specifically the hospital.

Emily Rhinehart, Vice President of the Healthcare Division of AIG Consultants, Inc., has over 25 years of diverse experience. As a full time consultant, she has developed and provided a wide variety of products and services for the healthcare market, including risk and quality management programs accreditation assessment and preparation, and infection control programs for organizations in all healthcare segments, including home care. Ms. Rhinehart has published many journal articles and book chapters addressing various topics in infection control and epidemiology, risk management and patient safety. She is a principle author for the 2004 revision of the CD Guideline for Isolation. Ms. Rhinehart holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and a Master's degree in Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology. She is certified in healthcare quality (CPHQ) and infection control (CIC). She entered the healthcare quality and risk management arena after 15 years of outstanding success as a national and international leader in hospital infection control and epidemiology. She has provided consultation in quality management and infection control to healthcare organizations and industry in the US, Asia, Europe, Central, and South America.

Mary McGoldrick Friedman, with over 25 years of home care experience, is a home care and hospice consultant for Home Health Systems, Inc., in Marietta, Georgia and specializes in preparing home care and hospice organizations for accreditation surveys. She is also a Department Editor and contributing author to the column "Accreditation Strategies" for the Home Healthcare Nurse journal and is a member of the Editorial Review Boards for the Journal of Infusion Nursing and the Home Healthcare Nurse journal. She also serves as a hospice patient care volunteer. For over 11 years, Ms. Friedman served as a home care nurse surveyor and faculty member for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Ms. Friedman also served as an adjunct professor for Mercer University's Graduate School of Business and Economics in Atlanta, Georgia where she taught courses including Home Care Management and Quality Management. She has served as the National Director of Clinical Services where she was responsible for the regulatory, accreditation, quality management, training, and clinical operations for over 100 home health care and private duty agencies in 30 states. Ms. Friedman's experience also includes regional management for Medicare-certified home health agencies, clinical management for a home infusion therapy provider, and other clinical and management positions. Ms. Friedman is a Registered Nurse with a Master's degree in Health Care Policy and Administration from Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia, and is certified in infusion therapy (CRN) by the Infusion Nurses Society.