Eliminate Healthcare-Associated Infections

Train Staff to Understand and Prevent Infection Transmission in Healthcare Settings

Each year almost two million patients in the United States contract an infection during their hospitalization and as many as 99,000 die as a result. Greater than 70% of the bacteria that cause these infections are resistant to at least one antibiotic most commonly used for treatment. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Healthcare-Associated Infections are one of the top ten leading causes of death in the United States. Healthcare personnel play the most significant role in the transmission and prevention of infections acquired in healthcare settings. The six courses that comprise APIC’s Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Elimination Library educate healthcare workers on the appropriate precautions and guidelines to prevent the transmission of infections. Given the unnecessary deaths that could be prevented and the suffering that could be eliminated, as well as the money that could be saved, no healthcare organization can risk ignoring the benefits of training staff about preventing HAI transmissions.

Impact:
Save Lives

• Reduce unnecessary patient complications and deaths due to HAIs

Improve Patient Safety

• Train staff on their role in the transmission of HAIs
  
• Identify strategies to prevent HAIs

Reduce Cost

• Reduce the costs incurred by treating HAIs in patients
  
• Avoid reduced per patient margins as a result of HAIs
  
• Reduce occurrence of CMS preventable conditions and Never Events
  
• Avoid increased length of stay

Features:

• Case studies on successful elimination of HAIs
  
• Links to published guidelines
  
• Checklists that can be downloaded and used in practice
  
• Real time feedback on how a worker’s actions impact the transmission of HAIs
  

This library is essential for:

• Elimination of Never Events
  
• Meeting The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals
  
• IHI 5 Million Lives Campaign Objectives
  
• The Joint Commission Core Measures

This library supports:

• All Healthcare Staff Orientation
  
• Annual CE Requirements for Nursing
  
• Nursing Quality Improvement Initiatives

Library
APIC Healthcare-Associated Infections Elimination Library*

• Elimination of MRSA in Hospital Settings
  
• Elimination of CR-BSI in Hospital Settings
  
• Elimination of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Settings
  
• Elimination of C. difficile in Hospital Settings
  
• Elimination of Surgical Site Infections in Hospital Settings
  
• Elimination of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Hospital Settings
  

*There are two editions of each course listed: A thirty minute course that is applicable for all healthcare professionals and an hour course that is approved for one contact hour of continuing nursing education (CNE).

Continuing Education Credit
HealthStream is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Subject Matter Experts
The APIC Healthcare-Associated Infection Elimination Library was developed in conjunction with experts at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and HealthStream.