Infection Control in Home Care and Hospice

An official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC), the highly successful Infection Control in Home Care and Hospice helps home care providers assess the infection control needs of their organization, and develop home care infection and surveillance programs. The Second Edition has been thoroughly updated and revised with the latest CDC Guidelines on infection control in home care, including Hand Hygiene, Prevention of IV-related Infections, and the 2004 Isolation Guideline.

Author: Emily Rhinehart, Mary McGoldrick [Friedman]
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Published: 09/28/2005
Pages: 245
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 10.84h x 8.54w x 0.51d
ISBN: 9780763740160

About the Author
Rhinehart, Emily: - Emily Rhinehart, Vice President of the Healthcare Division of AIG Consultants, Inc., has over 25 years of diverse experience. As a full time consultant, she has developed and provided a wide variety of products and services for the healthcare market, including risk and quality management programs accreditation assessment and preparation, and infection control programs for organizations in all healthcare segments, including home care. Ms. Rhinehart has published many journal articles and book chapters addressing various topics in infection control and epidemiology, risk management and patient safety. She is a principle author for the 2004 revision of the CD Guideline for Isolation. Ms. Rhinehart holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and a Master's degree in Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology. She is certified in healthcare quality (CPHQ) and infection control (CIC). She entered the healthcare quality and risk management arena after 15 years of outstanding success as a national and international leader in hospital infection control and epidemiology. She has provided consultation in quality management and infection control to healthcare organizations and industry in the US, Asia, Europe, Central, and South America.McGoldrick [Friedman], Mary: - Mary McGoldrick [Friedman], with over 25 years of home care experience, is a home care and hospice consultant for Home Health Systems, Inc., in Marietta, Georgia and specializes in preparing home care and hospice organizations for accreditation surveys. She is also a Department Editor and contributing author to the column Accreditation Strategies for the Home Healthcare Nurse journal and is a member of the Editorial Review Boards for the Journal of Infusion Nursing and the Home Healthcare Nurse journal. She also serves as a hospice patient care volunteer. For over 11 years, Ms. McGoldrick served as a home care nurse surveyor and faculty member for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Ms. McGoldrick also served as an adjunct professor for Mercer University's Graduate School of Business and Economics in Atlanta, Georgia where she taught courses including Home Care Management and Quality Management. She has served as the National Director of Clinical Services where she was responsible for the regulatory, accreditation, quality management, training, and clinical operations for over 100 home health care and private duty agencies in 30 states. Ms. McGoldrick's experience also includes regional management for Medicare-certified home health agencies, clinical management for a home infusion therapy provider, and other clinical and management positions. Ms. McGoldrick is a Registered Nurse with a Master's degree in Health Care Policy and Administration from Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia, and is certified in infusion therapy (CRN) by the Infusion Nurses Society.

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