Cross Contamination:

• Pandemic Preparedness - A Guide For Healthcare Facilities.    Kimberly–Clark has developed this guide to provide an overview of some of the elements healthcare administrators should consider as part of their pandemic plan.
  
  

• The Solution to Latex Gloves:    Why Nitrile Is The Better Alternative. This document provides facts to help healthcare institutions evaluate their current use of latex gloves and justify the substitution of nitrile gloves.
  
  

• CDC Overview - Protecting Healthcare Workers from Bloodborne Pathogens    List of sites and resources for healthcare workers.
  
  

• MDRO and Isolation Guidelines   
  
  

• CDC Hand Hygiene Guidelines   
  
  

• CDC: Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings (2006)   
  
  

• Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings   
  
  

• Pandemic Calculator    Kimberly–Clark has developed an interactive PPE Demand Analysis Tool to assist you in determining how much PPE your facility may want to consider stockpiling for a pandemic. You can build your own draft recommendation with minimal information and review the outputs, allowing you to verify the information and change any variables or assumptions.
  
  
  

• The Clinical Issue #2: Cleaning Reusable Medical Devices: A Critical First Step   
  
  

• Effective Disinfection: It's In Your Hands   
  
  

• Poster: Effective Disinfection: It's in Your Hands   
  
  

• Patient Guide to Hand Hygiene - Flyer    Hand hygiene educational guides for patients and their families.
   
  
  
  

• Handrub Poster - 11 x 17    Downloadable hand hygiene posters to assist your staff with compliance with step-by-step instructions for hand rubs.
  
  
  

• Handwash Poster - 11 x 17     Downloadable hand hygiene posters to assist your staff with compliance with step-by-step instructions for proper hand washing.
  
  
  

• Flyer for Professional Hand Hygiene     World Health Organization guidelines for healthcare professionals’ proper hand hygiene.
  
  
  

• CDC Ounce of Prevention Campaign    The campaign's goal is to provide resources about handwashing, cleaning and disinfection, and other easy–to–follow steps in an effort to develop and maintain successful hand hygiene and cleaning practices, and is aimed at educating a broad consumer and professional audience.
  
  

• Flyer 2 - Guidelines for Preventing Influenza for Health Care Professionals    Designed to provide healthcare professionals with evidence-based practices for Influenza , this flyer includes key recommendations to support compliance and reducing its spread in the healthcare setting.  Click the link below to access the electronic version.
  
  
  

• Flyer - Guidelines for Preventing Influenza - for Health Care Professionals    Designed to provide healthcare professionals with evidence-based practices for Influenza , this flyer includes key recommendations to support compliance and reducing its spread in the healthcare setting.  Click the link below to access the electronic version.
  
  
  

• Flyer 2 - Patient's and Parent's Guide to Influenza Prevention    Designed for patients and their families, these educatioal guides include informative content and statistics about Influenza and feature preventative steps that patients can take to reduce their risk. Click the link below to access the electronic version.
  
  
  

• Flyer - Patient's and Parent's Guide to Influenza Prevention    Designed for patients and their families, these educational guides include informative content and statistics about Influenza and feature preventative steps that patients can take to reduce their risk. Click the link below to access the electronic version.
  
  
  

• Swine Flu CDC Keyfacts   

   

  QUESTIONS & ANSWERS - Key Facts about Swine Influenza 

  
  
  

• CDC Swine Flu Brochure    From the CDC - an overview in brochure format of what the swine flu is and what you can do
  
  
  

• Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff - In Vitro Diagnostic 2009 H1N1 Tests for Use in the 2009 H1N1 Emergency (FDA)   
  
  

VAP:

• CDC Hand Hygiene Guidelines   

• Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention   

• The Clinical Issue #3: Oral Care Is Critical Care   

• Strategies for the Diagnosis of VAP with Expanded Description of Blind Mini-BAL Methods (Study Guide)   

• Oral Care Is Critical Care (Study Guide)   

• Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Best Practice Strategies for Caregivers (Study Guide)   

Requires Reader (must install reader application to view this article).