Hospital-Onset Bacteremia

Start this course! Course Description In the operating room (OR), nine areas of patient safety are commonly reviewed. These areas are surgical site infections, perioperative hypothermia, retention ...

Start this course! Course Description Airway suctioning is a key component of airway management, both inside and outside of the intensive care unit (ICU).  This course will discuss suctioning ...

Start this course! Course Description It is important to know what bloodborne pathogens are in order to prevent transmission. Learning Objectives The purpose of this microlearning course ...

Start this course! Course Description While central venous catheters are a valuable tool for treating patients, poor care and maintenance can contribute to negative outcomes. In fact, central ...

Start this course! Course Description Sepsis, a life-threatening condition, is a leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals. Its unpredictable nature and rapid progression make it a medical emergency. ...

Start this course! Course Description IV placement and maintenance is one of the most commonly performed procedures for nurses in the acute care setting and is becoming more and more common in ...

Start this course! Course Description In this course, we’ll explore central line catheter use, the etiology and epidemiology of CLABSIs, associated risks, and evidence-based practices for prevention. ...

Start this course! Course Description This course will review the best practices for the insertion, access and maintenance of central venous catheters (CVCs). The types of central venous catheters ...

Start this course! Course Description This course is divided into three modules that will focus on alternatives to indwelling urinary catheters, or IUCs, for incontinent patients; knowing the ...

Start this course! Course Description It is every caregiver’s responsibility to contribute to a culture of patient or resident safety by practicing proper hand hygiene at all times as well as ...

Start this course! Course Description Vascular access in the neonatal and pediatric population can be physically and emotionally challenging. Significant advances in medical and surgical care ...

Start this course! Course Description Intraosseous placement provides faster access, less complications and a higher success rate. This course provides information regarding ...

Start this course! Course Description The clinical sub-specialty of Vascular Access has become increasingly complex over the past several years. These devices are associated with sequelae that ...

Start this course! Course Description Phlebotomy is one of the most common healthcare procedures today. Laboratory testing from blood draws is fundamental in medical care by helping providers ...

When our patients come to the hospital, their hope is for a return to health. Each year millions of patients check into US hospitals, and unfortunately some of them will get a hospital-acquired infection. ...

Tracheostomies are a common procedure in healthcare today with over 100,000 tracheostomies performed every year in the United States. This makes tracheostomies and tracheostomy tube care a critical component ...

Up to 28 percent of mechanically ventilated patients develop Ventilator- Associated Pneumonia, or VAP. This course offers five steps based on the Institute of Healthcare Improvement, or IHI, Ventilator ...

Healthcare-associated infections, or HAIs, are an unfortunate complication of hospitalizations. It is estimated that 1 out of every 25 patients develops an HAI with approximately 650,000 HAIs in the US ...

This program will assist clinicians to understand a ventilator associated event, identify acronyms related to ventilator associated events, and recognize surveillance techniques, new terminology and complications ...

Over the last several decades there has been an increasing amount of attention on health care-associated infections (HCAI) and the role hand hygiene plays. HCAIs refer to infections acquired in the setting ...

Start this course! Course Description Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are the most common healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and can occur in both hospitals and long-term ...