Recent changes to the JCAHO standards have made infection control a hot spot for surveyors. Will your respiratory care department pass the test?
Is your respiratory care department in compliance with the JCAHO's 2005 infection control (IC) standards?
Since January, you've had to begin following the JCAHO's updated IC standards and their 44 elements of performance. The standards run the gamut from requiring a written IC plan, to establishing priorites for preventing the transmission of healthcare-acquired infections, to effective management of an IC program. Does your facility's IC program meet the JCAHO's new standards?
Is your frontline staff safe?
Respiratory therapists (RTs) are among the frontline staff responsible for treating infected patients. They constantly risk exposure to infectious agents during their daily activities. That's why it's critical for RTs to know proper IC procedures to avoid spreading illness among their patients and themselves. Is your entire staff in-the-know about correct, regulation-compliant infection control practices?
Is your facility prepared for another SARS?
Emerging infectious diseases are a very real concern for RT managers and their staff. The year 2003 brought not only the worldwide outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), but also the Avian flu in Asia. SARS is not the last emerging respiratory infection RTs could encounter. A proper IC program is crucial to reduce transmission of potentially deadly respiratory illnesses. Is your current program up to the challenge?
Let us help put your mind at rest
If you answered "no" to any of these questions, you need HCPro's new book, Infection Control in Respiratory Care: Strategies for JCAHO Compliance. It's the one resource you need to calm your IC fears and help your facility implement a superior IC program that will "wow" JCAHO surveyors.
A concise resource for a safe and compliant facility
A proper lC program is not only essential to the health and safety of your staff and patients, but it is also a requirement for JCAHO accreditation. This must-have resource succinctly provides all the information necessary to implement and manage an effective and regulation-compliant IC program at your facility.
A review of the 2005 standards and the tools to comply
Infection Control in Respiratory Care contains all the tools you need to overhaul your IC processes and make certain your facility is up to snuff when JCAHO comes calling. This time-saving resource reviews the 2005 JCAHO IC standards and performance elements, and offers specific tools and techniques to help you facilitate
and achieve compliance, including:
- Checklists
- An IC practioner competency
- Sample policies assessment
- An observational tool
- A template for a mock survey
Complete information for a regulation-compliant IC program
This comprehensive resource provides information on:
- developing and implementing an IC program
- completing a risk analysis
- preventing transmission of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)
- dealing with an influx of infectious patients
- managing an IC program
- complying with the National Patient Safety Goal #7a (hand hygiene)
- and much more!
Infection Control in Respiratory Care will provide you with the practical information and tools necessary to meet the JCAHO's IC standards, while ensuring that staff and patients stay safe and infection-free. Order this must-have resource today to help ease the headache of survey preparation.
Book topics at a glance:
INTRODUCTION
PART I: Tools for compliance
CHAPTER 1: Organization-wide IC program
CHAPTER 2: Risks for acquisition and transmission of infectious agents
CHAPTER 3: Priorities and goals for preventing transmission of HAIs
CHAPTER 4: Influx of infectious patients
CHAPTER 5: Effective management of the IC program
CHAPTER 6: Hand-hygiene safety goal
PART II: Sample policies and procedures
CHAPTER 7: Respiratory therapy department policy
CHAPTER 8: Infection control education
CHAPTER 9: Isolation policies
CHAPTER 10: Patient care policies
CHAPTER 11: Tuberculosis control plan
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