Healthcare Associated Infection Education
The Kimberly-Clark Knowledge Network offers a variety of free educational resources on the subject of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Most of them provide Continuing Education (CE) and/or Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits. Healthcare personnel can access these infection control courses and training resources in a variety of ways:



Accredited Education  

Web–based, CE and CME accredited HAI education for physicians and clinicians.

Facilitated, CE Accredited Programs for on-site presentation  

A Kimberly-Clark representative can facilitate over 20 different programs at your convenience in your location.

Download an overview of all Kimberly-Clark Knowledge Network* programs. 

Contact us for information about hosting a facilitated program at your location.

Other accredited Knowledge Network* programs online  

The Kimberly–Clark, Knowledge Network^* often partners with healthcare publications or associations to provide web–based HAI education.

Non-accredited Educational Materials  

A variety of information on heathcare associated infection and other critical healthcare issues, including Knowledge Network's^* Clinical Issues.

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Accredited Education

Web–based, CE and CME accredited HAI education for physicians and clinicians.

CME Accredited Programs

• Prevention & Diagnosis of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
• How New Technologies & Practices will Impact Patient Safety
• Strategies To Prevent & Control MultiDrug-Resistant Organisms
• SCIP: Surgical Care Improvement Project
• A Bundle of Joy: Evidence-based Prevention of BSIs: Multi-Center Success
• Exploring Surgical Site Infections
• Costs of Healthcare Acquired Infections
• Influenza: A Seasonal and Pandemic Threat
• Roundtable Discussion: New Opportunities for Reducing Risk of Surgical Site Infection
• Microaspiration and the Risk of VAP: Endotracheal Tube Considerations
• Targeting Zero: Changing Culture to Prevent HAIs

These programs are available from Pfiedler Enterprises, an accredited continuing education provider, at www.pfiedlerenterprises.com/hci/courses.htm.

CE Accredited Programs

• The Nurses Role in the Prevention & Diagnosis of VAP
• Targeting Zero: Changing Culture to Prevent Healthcare-associated Infections
• Oral Care Is Critical Care (Study Guide)
• Microaspiration and the Risk of VAP: Endotrachael Tube Considerations
• How New Technologies & Practices will Impact Patient Safety
• A Bundle of Joy: Evidence-based Prevention of BSIs: Multi-Center Success
• SCIP: Surgical Care Improvement Project
• Influenza: A Seasonal and Pandemic Threat
• Costs of Healthcare Acquired Infections
• Guess Who's Coming To Surgery (SSI)
• Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms - MDRO
• MRSA: Time for Action
• Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Best Practice Strategies for Caregivers (Study Guide)
• Strategies for the Diagnosis of VAP with Expanded Description of Blind Mini-BAL Methods (Study Guide)
• Preventing Pressure Ulcers in the Surgical Patient (Study Guide)

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Facilitated, CE Accredited Programs for on-site presentation

A Kimberly-Clark representative can facilitate over 20 different programs at your convenience in your location.

Download an overview of all Kimberly-Clark Knowledge Network* programs. 

Contact us for information about hosting a facilitated program at your location.

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Other accredited Knowledge Network* programs online

The Kimberly–Clark, Knowledge Network^* often partners with healthcare publications or associations to provide web–based HAI education.

• The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals: Implications for the Infection Preventionist
• Getting Your Hands Around Hand Hygiene
• An Unkind Cut: Preventing Infections in Surgery
• Surgical Gowns: Selection and Best Practices for Protection
• Strike Force: Preventing Transmission When Pandemic Flu Hits Your Hospital
• Unique Characteristics of Clostridium difficile, its Complications and the Strategies Required for its Prevention
• Transmission Precautions: Are You Wearing the Right Face Mask?
• Coming Clean: An Essential for Reusable Medical Devices
• Look before you LEAN! Evaluate the “Evidence” Before Implementing Change
• Does the Glove Fit? Critical Considerations for the Selection of Medical Gloves
• Unintentional Hypothermia and the Surgical Patient
• Ventilator Associated Pneumonia - COMING DEC 16
• Standard Precautions: Is staff really protected?
• Addressing HAIs Sources Part III: Ventilator- Associated Pneumonia
• Guess Who's Coming To Surgery
• Using Personal Protective Equipment for Patient Protection: Making the Case for Contact Precautions Compliance
• New Non-Pharmacologic Opportunities to Reduce the Risk of Surgical Site Infections
• Oral Care is Critical Care

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Non-accredited Educational Materials

HAI Watch provides a variety of information on HAI and other critical healthcare issues, including Knowledge Network's* Clinical Issues.

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• The Clinical Issue #5: Medical Glove Selection for Dental Professionals
• The Clinical Issue #4: Standard Precautions Confirmed
• The Clinical Issue #3: Oral Care Is Critical Care
• The Clinical Issue #2: Cleaning Reusable Medical Devices: A Critical First Step
• The Clinical Issue #1: Pressure Ulcers in the Surgical Patient
• Webinar – Thermal Regulation: Implications for the Complex Surgical Patient