Aligning practice with policy to improve patient care.Coded articles and information to indicate that content is related to one or more of the following national patient safety initiatives:
- IHI's 5 Million Lives Campaign
- Joint commission 2007 National Patient Safety Goals
- Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP)
You will see icons in the magazine related to these initiatives and know immediately to which initiative(s) subject matter pertains. We have important updates to these initiatives noted in this issue too!
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The Infection Prevention Now is separated into five sections: Patient Safety, Infection Prevention Issues, Special Features, Caring for Yourself, and Forms and Tools: something for everyone in an easy-to-read format.
- Three Important National Initiatives for Improving Patient Care
- Hot Topic: The Surgical Care Improvement Project
- Beyond the Double Doors
- 15 Steps You Can Take to Reduce Your Risk of a Hospital Infection
- Ascension Health: A Rise to Better Health Care
- Understanding Evidence-Based Practice
- Packaging Design Becomes a 2-Minute Course in Wound Care
- What’s In a Name?
- The Perils of Ineffective Handwashing
- The Key to Hand Hygiene
- Studies: Hospitals Could Do More to Avoid Infections
- Understanding the New and Revised isolation Precautions
- Understanding the Increase
- CAUTI 101
- CE Crossword Puzzle: Catheters and the Prevention of UTI
- The Silver Bullet
- The Wait is Over
- Your Body as the Topic of Conversation!
- Two Recipes from YOU ON A DIET
- The Nurse Who Made a Difference
- Key To TB Preventive Measures
- A Dozen Tips to Prevent CAUTI
- Rules of Thumb for Excellent Catheter Care
- Policy & Procedure: Standard Precautions
- Surgical Hand Antisepsis
One Free ce credit available through this issue!
Have some fun and get credit for it! A crossword puzzle entitled “Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections, Facing Facts, Seeking Solutions” is found on page 74. The puzzle is available online through Medline University. Enter your answers and get your CE certificate immediately upon achieving a passing score! If you already have a User ID and Password, go ahead and log in. You will find this course on the Free Courses page. If you have not already registered with Medline University, you might want to view this step-by-step guide on how to access this Free Course.