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CMS has issued memos instructing hospitals to follow particular standards of care, such as those issued by ISMP, the CDC standards on safe injection practices, and the four unsafe injection practices that can earn a facility a second survey, this time from the state epidemiologist. More than 90% of hospitalized patients recei....
Restraint is the number one deficiency hospitals are penalized for in the Hospital CoP because the restraint policy is one of the hardest to write and understand for healthcare employees. CMS published 10 pages of restraint training requirements for hospitals to implement. This program will simplify 50 pages of the CMS restra....
CMS has issued memos instructing hospitals to follow particular standards of care, such as those issued by ISMP, the CDC standards on safe injection practices, and the four unsafe injection practices that can earn a facility a second survey, this time from the state epidemiologist. More than 90% of hospitalized patients recei....
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The aim of this session is to promote rational use of antibiotics in optimising treatment of patients with infections and reducing emergence of antibiotic resistance. Risks associated with antimicrobial use in patients who may have penicillin allergy will be explained.
Nursing CoPs have gone through many changes in the past few years, and there are more proposed changes scheduled for 2017. It is crucial that all nurses are trained on the CMS nursing chapter so hospitals won’t get fined for deficiencies. CMS made significant changes to the nursing chapter, including: IV medication administra....
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Discuss Retinopathy of Prematurity from its definition, its pathogenesis, how it is staged, how ROP is screened and how it is managed.
These self-instructional modules will help you build and strengthen your skills in helping your clients understand what oral PrEP is, what protection it can and cannot offer them, and how to initiate and continue to follow the indicated regimen. The modules include feedback and advice on sharing information and answering questio....
The irrational use of drugs is a major global problem (WHO) THIS WEBINAR WILL BE PRESENTED IN FRENCH. We will have a french to english interpreter.
Causes, diagnosis and treatment from an orthopaedic view.
This is presentation on what stress is, how it affects the body. It is also supposed to be an interactive and reflective session with the participants
Malaria is an acute febrile illness and life-threatening disease caused by infection with Plasmodium parasites and is transmitted from person to person by an infected female anopheles mosquito. Severe malaria is mostly caused by plasmodium falciparum. In 2021, 247 malaria cases were reported by the World Health Organisation (....
Food safety is used as a scientific method/discipline describing handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness. The occurrence of two or more cases of a similar illness resulting from ingesting a common food is known as a food-borne disease outbreak.
This webinar discusses the concept of evidence-based public health and its application in the prevention, control, and response to public health emergencies.
In Kenya, private pharmacies fill an important gap in the healthcare system, and due to their convenience, privacy, and focus on customer satisfaction may be a desirable HIV prevention services access point for populations unwilling or unable to access services at public health facilities. This course offers guidance for Phar....
This webinar will discuss topics on HIV and Tuberculosis – Prescriptions, People and Problems
PPH is the leading cause of maternal death in developing countries, rapid and adequate care will save women during maternity. Finding the cause will help in correcting management and this finding depends on 4 T. Look for uterine atony, uterine inversion, retained placenta, tears in the cervix, vagina or perineum
This course covers a clinical description of Asthma and important differential diagnossis to think about.
Discussing Health System Governance and the linkage with Uinversal Health Coverage