Healthcare-Associated Infections GUIDELINES Pocketcard

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GUIDELINES Pocketcards™ are multi-fold 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.^{1, 2}

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) 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 Bloodstream Infection
• Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
• Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection
• Prevention of Surgical Site Infection
• Prevention of MRSA Transmission
• Prevention of Clostridium difficile Infection

Applications: point-of-care, education, QI interventions, clinical trials, medical reference, clinical research.

¹2007 PDR Physician Survey
²VA-HHS national guidelines attribute preference survey