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Timely education, tools and new resources about Swine Flu.

Tools
Pandemic Preparedness Tools Website
This Pandemic Preparedness site can help you plan for a pandemic outbreak. It includes:

The Use of PPE

Stock Pile Calculator

Education
Kimberly-Clark offers this accredited education module on the potential impact of a pandemic on medical facilities and personnel.
Influenza: A Seasonal and Pandemic Threat
Accredited for nurses (1.25 CEUs) and for physicians (1.25 CME credits)

This accredited education module discusses recommendations in the CDC’s Guidelines for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings.

Standard Precautions: Is staff really protected? Accredited for nurses (1.0 CEU).

Resources
Download literature in electronic PDF pamphlet and flyer format:


Professional Pamphlet	Patient Pamphlet
Professional Flyer	Patient Flyer

Track Swine Flu Trends as provided by Google Maps

Center for Disease Control’s Swine Flu Home Page

HAI Issues

HAI Watch Partners: Standing together in the fight against healthcare associated infections

HAI Watch Partners

The fight against preventable healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) cannot be won by a single individual, company or healthcare facility. Kimberly-Clark is proud to work with many partners and organizations in helping to create awareness of the devastating effect of HAIs and to educate healthcare professionals on methods of HAI prevention.

For more information on their HAI-related activities, you may click on the partners and organizations listed below. Kimberly-Clark does not endorse or support the entire content of their sites but offers the links for your reference and convenience only.

American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)

American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services

Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF)

APIC's Skin Is The Source Campaign

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)

Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

Community and Hospital Infection Control Association (CHICA-Canada)

Department of Defense Patient Safety Program

Envision, Inc. - Clinical Education

Health Care For All

Hospital Infection Society (HIS)

IAHCSMM

Institute For Healthcare Improvement & 5 Million Lives Campaign

International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC)

Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety (ICPS)

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)

Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors

MHA Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality

National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)

National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF)

National Quality Forum (NQF)

Ortho-McNeil Infection Prevention

Safe Care Campaign

Safer Healthcare Now (SHN)

Scotland's National Hand Hygiene Campaign

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)

Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)

Stop Hospital Infections

Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP)

Surgical Infection Society (SIS)

The American Latex Allergy Association

World Health Organization (WHO)