Infection Control Program Guide

Manual Only, Global Edition
Size: 11" x 8.5", 175 pages
ISBN 1601460236
978-1601460233
HCPro Inc.
December 2007
(click below for the book edition)

Manual + CD-ROM Resource Set
Size: 11" x 8.5"
ISBN 1578399580
978-1578399581
HCPro Inc.
December 2007
(click below for the book and CD resource kit)

It’s your duty to draft the infection control program for your facility, and put it into action. This resource can show you how.

The landscape of infection control has changed dramatically in recent years. The rapid spread of virulent diseases like methiallin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, (MRS), pandemic flu, and C. difficile, means surveyors are now paying closer attention to infection control than ever. The Joint Commission has made the prevention of healthcare-acquired infections one of its National Patient Safety Goals.

Meanwhile, your role as an infection control professional has expanded. You’re no longer simply an infection control professional (ICP), you’re a full-scale trainer, perennial student, and de facto compliance officer. So, when faced with the challenge of revising or creating your facility’s infection control program, you need reliable answers, now.

Compliance is crucial. Today’s infection control professionals must not only draft the infection control program for their facility, but are also under great pressure to formally prove adherence to practice and policy.

Infection Control Program Guide streamlines the time-consuming process of creating an infection control program by providing all the necessary forms, policies, and tools you need, enabling you to focus on ensuring compliance to your program. Best of all, with a successful program in place, you’ll have the documentation you need to help convince the executives at your facility to invest more money in infection control.

Who needs this comprehensive resource? Infection Control Program Guide will help both veteran and novice infection control professionals prepare for daily challenges—which can range from enforcing hand hygiene policy to isolating patients with MRSA to preparing for Joint Commission inspections.

Written by 40-year veteran industry insider, Carol Shenold, RN, CIC, the Infection Control Program Guide will guide you through the challenges you face. This easy-to-understand, real-world guide provides:

the latest news in IC trends
an infection control risk assessment plan
disease-specific guidelines for limiting exposure
employee immunization forms
a bonus CD-ROM (with the Book and CD kit) with all the tools and resources ICPs need

Bonus materials on CD-ROM! The accompanying CD-ROM features helpful forms and policies that are easy to modify, print, and fill out.
Check out what's inside. With the comprehensive Infection Control Program Guide all the information you need to know is at your finger-tips:

The Infection Control Program
Identifying risks for your facility
Prevention of healthcare associated infections
Goal prioritization
Evaluating and redesigning interventions
Emergency management
Data management
Effective program management
Infection control resources

Carol L. Shenold, RN, CIC has more than 40 years of experience working in healthcare, including acute care and long-term care facilities. She has worked in all hospital departments over the years. During her 12 years as an infection control professional, she managed the areas of performance improvement, utilization management, risk management and infection control. During her job as quality review manager at Vencor Hospital in Oklahoma City, the facility scored 100 on its Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' survey.

With more than 17 years of experience, HCPro, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated information, education, training, and consulting products and services in the vital areas of healthcare regulation and compliance. The company's mission is to meet the specialized informational, advisory, and educational needs of the healthcare industry. As an acknowledged industry authority in healthcare regulation and compliance, HCPro focuses on providing its clients assistance and expertise in the areas of accreditation, medical staff affairs, credentialing, privileging, medical record management, regulatory compliance, nursing, quality/patient safety, infection control, and workplace safety.

(information provided by the publisher)

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