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| Introduction | |
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| Background | |
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| Mandate for Infection Control | |
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| Prevention | |
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| Surveillance | |
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| Risk Factors | |
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| Regulation | |
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| The Role of the Infection Control Preventionist | |
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| Ensuring Patient Safety | |
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| Core Elements of the Infection Control Discipline | |
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| Preventing Infection Transmission | |
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| Hand Hygiene Efforts to Prevent the Spread of Infection | |
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| Impact of Hand Hygiene on MRSA and Nosocomial Infections | |
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| Chain of Infection | |
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| Infection Control Program Infrastructure | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Structure | |
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| Scope | |
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| Responsibility for the Infection Control Function | |
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| Human Resources | |
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| Infection Control Committee | |
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| Authority of the Chairperson of the ICC | |
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| Infection Control Manual | |
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| Attention to Health Care-Associated Infections | |
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| Surveillance Methodology | |
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| Infection Control Risk Assessment | |
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| Annual Surveillance Plan | |
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| Annual Program Evaluation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Position Descriptions, Job-Specific Competency Statements, and Performance Programs | |
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| Settings Where an Infection Control Program Can Be Found | |
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| Reporting Structure for Large Acute-Care Facility | |
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| Infection Control Team Activities | |
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| Reporting Structure for Ambulatory Surgery Facilities | |
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| Reporting Structure for Long-Term Care Facilities | |
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| Steps for the Manager Preparing to Conduct a Performance Appraisal | |
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| ICC Requirements by U.S. State | |
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| Basic Policies and Procedures to Include in an Infection Control Manual | |
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| Types of Health Care-Associated Infections | |
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| Referral Form for Unanticipated Death or Major Permanent Loss of function | |
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| Sample Framework for a Root Cause Analysis | |
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| Integrating Sentinel Event Analysis into Infection Control Practice | |
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| Infection Control Hospitalwide Risk Assessment | |
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| Sample Completed Facilitywide Infection Control Risk Assessment | |
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| Infection Control Plan | |
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| Infection Control Program Review/Evaluation | |
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| Sample Position Description: Hospital Epidemiologist (Non-Teaching Professional) | |
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| Sample Position Description: Director, Infection Control Program (Non-Teaching Professional) | |
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| Sample Position Description: Staff Associate/Infection Control Practitioner (Non-Teaching Professional) | |
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| Sample Assessment of Organizational and Departmental/Job-Specific Competencies | |
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| Performance Program, Director Infection Control (Non-Teaching Professional) | |
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| Performance Program, Infection Control Practitioner (Non-Teaching Professional) | |
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| Performance Evaluation for Non-Teaching Professional Employees | |
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| Surveillance And Prevention | |
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| General Principles of Epidemiology | |
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| Surveillance Strategies | |
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| Colonization versus Infection | |
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| Prevention | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| CDC-Defined Health Care-Associated Infections | |
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| Post-Discharge Surveillance Report | |
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| Infection Control Post-Discharge Surveillance Form | |
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| Infection Control Surveillance Worksheet | |
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| Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Non-Hospital Health Care Settings | |
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| Epidemic Curve of Outbreak of Gastroenteritis by Day of Onset | |
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| Epidemic Curve of Varicella Outbreak | |