Infection Control Initiatives

Monographs

• “Providing a Safer Environment for Health Care Personnel and Patients through Influenza Vaccination: Strategies from Research and Practice” (6/24/09)
• “Measuring Hand Hygiene Adherence:  Overcoming the Challenges”  (4/14/09)

Joint Commission Resources (JCR) information related to hand hygiene

• Hand Hygiene Buttons
  • "Ask Me If I've Washed My Hands" button
  • "Stopping Infection Is in Our Hands" button
• Hand Hygiene: Toolkit for Implementing the National Patient Safety Goal
• Meeting The Joint Commission's Infection Prevention and Control Requirements, 2nd edition
  

Additional Resources

Infection control is a critical component of safe, quality health care.  The Joint Commission is addressing this important issue with a number of initiatives.

• National Patient Safety Goals
• Five Things You Can Do To Prevent Infection:  A Speak Up Initiative 
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• Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals - 10/8/08
  Download Compendium Facts about the Infection Control Expert Panel
• Sentinel Event Alert, Issue 28, January 28, 2003