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First Phase of Healthcare Assocated Infections in Ambulatory Care Centers
Dear Colleagues:
Once again on behalf of the MO Department of Health and Senior Services and MU Nursing Outreach, I want to thank each of you for your role in making the first phase of the Health Associated Infections in Ambulatory Care Centers such a major success. We fully met each of our goals which included planning, implementing and evaluating a series of four full day CE programs offered at Blue Springs, Columbia, St. Louis and Springfield on a complimentary basis. Both the quantitative and qualitative measures of knowledge, skill and attitudinal changes from before to after the one day session are impressive. We attracted close to 200 participants at the live sessions and they represented every target audience we discussed plus many from the acute care setting. The evaluations of the sessions were outstanding and the participants were extremely grateful for a high caliber CE program offered in their own locale at no cost.
Additionally, an HAI website has been developed with all the handouts and learning resources from the live sessions, plus reminders and updates from the CDC and a number of links to current articles, videos, etc. http://nursingoutreach.missouri.edu/infectionprevention11.htm
I hope you folks know how important you were to the curriculum development including topics and speakers. Your input on how to market the live educational programs, the level of content appropriate for the target audience, and the actual presentations by the four APIC representatives were invaluable. This would not have happened without out you.
Attached you will find a detailed summary of the outcomes. The 1st attachment includes a 1 page Executive Summary followed by a more detailed report. The 2nd attachment contains the appendices.
The second phase of the project is underway. It includes bringing the speakers from the live event in Columbia to campus and videotaping them in a production studio. Web based CE modules will be developed for each of the sessions and offered to those who could not attend the live sessions around the state.
Again, thanks and let us know if you have any questions or comments.
Shirley J. Farrah, PhD, RN-BC
Assistant Dean, Nursing Outreach
Associate Teaching Professor
MU Sinclair School of Nursing, Room S266
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211-4120
573-882-0215 phone
573-884-8278 fax
FarrahS@missouri.edu
Hot Topics – Surveys – Announcement
February 2012: Fecal Bacteriotherapy – C difficile
Click on link to review recent results of this survey.
January 13 2012: Dishes in Isolation from Stan Stuckey:
Our facility uses disposable trays for isolation patients. YES: 0 NO 13
Our facility uses disposable dishes and flatware for isolation patients. YES 0 NO 13
Thanks to all who replied:
North Kansas City Hospital
Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Stormont-Vail (Topeka)
Heartland Regional Medical Center (St. Joseph)
Menorah Medical Center
St. Joseph Medical Center
Providence Hospital
KU Medical Center
Liberty Hospital
St. Luke’s Hospital
Centerpoint (Independence)
Lee’s Summit Medical Center
Olathe Medical Center
January 10 2012: Post Discharge SSI Surveillance Survey from Donna Flint:
Post discharge SSI surveillance survey
Do you do post discharge surveillance for Surgical Site Infections
Yes 13 No 2
If Yes, what types of surgeries are included:
_1_All surgeries monthly for all surgeons: Classes I, II, III and IV Those identified by Surveillance Plan Ex: CABG, hysters, C-sections,
_4__All surgeries monthly for all surgeons: Classes I & II, only knee, total joints, colon, fusions
_2___All surgeries monthly for specific surgeons…please list types
_3 _Specific surgeries quarterly
_5___Other: please specify (examples: hip, abd hyst, colon, knee, bariatric procedures, plastics breasts, intrathecal pain, shunts, spines, open hearts, major shoulder and elbow)
How do you obtain the information:
10 Mail or fax list of patients to surgeons office
2 Phone call to surgeons office - if survey not returned
3 Surgeon’s contact you - several surgeons do this- but not all
1 Other: please indicate method -email
Participating Hospitals:
Centerpoint, Children’s Mercy, Heartland, Lee’s Summit, Liberty, Menorah, North KC, Olathe, Providence, Shawnee Mission, St Joseph, St Luke’s, Plaza, St Luke’s South, Stormont Vail, Truman,
A Learning Experience 2012: CASE STUDIES – CDC provided thru AJIC
Case Study 1
Case Study 2
Case Study 3
Case Study 4
Case Study 5
Watch future editions of your AJIC for more case studies.
