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| The Kimberly-Clark Knowledge Network offers a variety of free educational resources, most of which provide Continuing Education (CE)
and/or Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits. These web–based programs for physicians and clinicians are available 24/7 for your convenience. |
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| Using Personal Protective Equipment for Patient Protection: Making the Case for Contact Precautions Compliance |
The percentage of patients entering the healthcare environment who are colonized with MRSA, VRE or Clostridium difficile is increasing at an alarming rate. The correct and consistent use of PPE is critical to protecting susceptible patients from inadvertent colonization and subsequent development of health care-associated infections.
This Webinar addresses:
- The history and current use of medical PPE
- Recent studies on the risks and benefits of PPE for the pediatric and adult patient
- Strategies for helping the health care worker translate contact precautions knowledge into practice
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| Standard Precautions: Is your staff really protected? |
This program reviews the relevant changes and reaffirmations of Standard Precautions practice noted in the CDC’s 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions. The relationship between protective apparel and infection prevention is examined in light of OSHA as well as the AAMI gown barrier performance levels and criteria for protective apparel. In addition, system obstacles to the selection and use of appropriate protective apparel in the clinical setting will be discussed.
A complete list of other accredited and non-accredited educational resources is available at http://www.haiwatch.com/ClinicalEducation.aspx |
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| Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings 2007 |
| From the Public Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. Siegel JD, Rhinehart E, Jackson M, Chiarello L, and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings, June 2007. |
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| Clinical Issues #6: Standard Precautions Confirmed |
Information in this issue includes:
- Standard Precautions and the Healthcare Worker
- Required Protective Apparel Characteristics
- AAMI Classification Levels of Barrier Performance
- Relationship of AAMI Levels to Clinical Procedures
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