Healthcare-Associated Infections GUIDELINES Pocketcard™ (2011)

GUIDELINES pocketcards™ are multifold pocketcards containing society-endorsed, evidence-based treatment guidelines in a brief algorithmic format that is most preferred by practicing clinicians, quality managers, nurses, educators, and medical students. The Healthcare-Associated Infections GUIDELINES Pocketcard™ is endorsed by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology in America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), with The Joint Commission, the American Hospital Association (AHA), and the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), and is based on the latest IDSA/SHEA guidelines. This practical quick-reference tool contains recommendations to prevent the four most common healthcare-associated infections and the two most important pathogens. The Healthcare-Associated Infections GUIDELINES Pocketcard™ provides all that is needed to make accurate clinical decisions at the point of care including general principles; prevention of central line-associated bloods ream infection, ventilator-associated pneumonia, catheter-associated urinary tract infection, surgical site infection, MRSA transmission, and Clostridium difficile Infection. Applications include point-of-care, education, QI interventions, clinical trials, medical reference, and clinical research.