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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Safety & Risk Management > The CDC's Tuberculosis Guidelines: Key Strategies for Compliance The CDC's Tuberculosis
Guidelines: Key Strategies for Compliance Softbound book + companion CD-ROM
Written by an infection control professional, this easy-to-read reference book filters out the non-essential information from the guidelines, and cuts right to the issues that will affect you. It will save you valuable time by breaking down the updates into manageable, logical pieces and walking you, step-by-step, through the most critical changes. At the end of 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released long-awaited updates to its guidelines for prevention of transmission of tuberculosis (TB), the first changes the CDC has published since 1994. The CDC is concerned with the prevention of the spread of TB across all healthcare settings, not just hospitals anymore. Staff and patient safety are the driving motivations behind the latest CDC updates to its TB guidelines. The CDC has shifted the focus of its prevention guidelines from concentrating only on hospitals. The guidelines now encompass healthcare settings having the potential for TB transmission, rather than focusing on a physical building. These new areas of emphasis include:
The CDC also has updated components of the tuberculosis infection control program, including:
In easy-to-understand language, The CDC’s Tuberculosis Guidelines: Key Strategies for Compliance covers the most challenging changes from 1994 until now, explains how they’ll affect your healthcare setting, and provides practical strategies on how to comply. Plus, a companion CD-ROM provides worksheets, forms, and checklists you can customize, print out, and distribute to your staff right away. Who needs access to this book and CD-ROM resources? The CDC’s Tuberculosis Guidelines: Key Strategies for Compliance is designed to help healthcare professionals in ALL settings comply with the updated guidelines and prevent the spread of TB among both patients and staff. This valuable book and CD-ROM set is a must-have resource for:
Do you have the resources you need to comply with the most recent TB guidelines? Use these tools to help prevent the transmission of TB at your facility and stay in compliance with the CDC. Here are a few of the comprehensive topics you’ll find covered in The CDC’s Tuberculosis Guidelines:
Whether you need to modify an existing TB infection control plan, or you’re building a program from scratch, The CDC’s Tuberculosis Guidelines: Key Strategies for Compliance will be your first resource in finding simple, to-the-point strategies for complying with the updates. You don't have to take any risks with patient and staff safety, or with regulators. The most vital TB protection information you need is in this must-have resource. Renée Patterson, CSP, is the loss-control administrator for Tendercare/Michigan, Inc., the state’s largest long-term care provider. For the provider’s nursing homes, an assisted living center, and acute rehab hospital, she handles matters as wide ranging as loss prevention; employee, resident, and visitor safety; infection control policy; and corporate compliance and chart reviews for litigated claims. As a former infection control manager for a regional medical center, Patterson has created customer service and training materials, developed and maintained compliance programs, conducted epidemiologic studies and investigations, crafted bioterrorism response plans, and created infection control policies and procedures. Softbound book + companion CD-ROM
Written by an infection control professional, this easy-to-read reference book filters out the non-essential information from the guidelines, and cuts right to the issues that will affect you. It will save you valuable time by breaking down the updates into manageable, logical pieces and walking you, step-by-step, through the most critical changes. With more than 18 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 from the publisher) You may also be interested in / The Directory of Healthcare Recruiters / Jump to a Book List / Health Administration & Leadership / Physician Executive, Medical Staff & Practice Management / Finance, Accounting, Economics, Billing & Reimbursement / Coding for Hospital, Physician & Clinical Services / Law, Malpractice, Ethics, Accreditation & Compliance / Quality Improvement, Outcomes & Customer Service / Risk Management, Security, Error Reduction & Patient Safety / Information Systems, Technology & Medical Records / Clinical Management & Executive Nursing / Behavioral Health, Social Work & Psychiatry Management / Human Resources, Management & Supervision / Directories, Data, Trends & Benchmarks / Software & CD-ROMs / Journals, Magazines & Newsletters / Search for Books / Books Index / Go to / Home Page / Toolbox for Health Administrators / Bookstore |
