Sharing Expertise® Best Practices Educational Series
Bacterial Infection Awareness and
Prevention
Best Practices to Help Prevent CRBSI
Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed, RN,BC, CRNI
Use as a teaching tool in your facility.
Reducing IV Complications
Kelli Rosenthal, MS, RN,BC, ANP, APRN,BC, CRNI
Learn how to reduce IV complications and recognize treatment challenges
and implement best practices.
Video Library Archive
"Reducing Medication Errors with Smart Pumps"
"Space Infusion Pump System: Safety and Flexibility"
And more... view now
Key Articles
Ask the Safety Expert: Practice Infection Prevention
By Karen Brown, RN, BSN, MSN
Nursing & Patient Care, May 2007
Prolonged hospital visits increase the risk of developing a healthcare- associated infection (HAI), as these infections increase so must the priority for our healthcare system to make infection prevention a priority.
Successful Disinfection of Needleless Access Ports:
A Matter of Time and Friction
Wendy Kaler, MT, MPH,CIC and Raymond Chinn, MD, FACP
JAVA, July 2007
The authors studied the disinfection effectiveness for needleless access ports and concluded all models of needleless access ports were effectively disinfected using two methods.
Video: Antibacterial
ULTRASITE® Ag
This video shows how ULTRASITE® Ag, an innovative, antibacterial, silver impregnated luer access device, works together with clinical best practices to reduce bacterial growth that can lead to CRBSI.
