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1. www.infectioncontroltoday.com
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/ - [Cached]Published on: 7/17/2007 Last Visited: 7/17/2007
By Deborah Paul-Cheadle, RN, CIC
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Deborah Paul-Cheadle RN, CIC, is employed by Metro Health Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Pandemic Influenza Exercise Yields Valuable Insights on Facilities' States of Readiness By Deborah Paul-Cheadle, RN, CIC Seasonal influenza causes severe illness and death every winter in North America, attacking the elderly and the debilitated with particular intensity. -
2. www.infectioncontroltoday.com
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/ - [Cached]Published on: 7/17/2007 Last Visited: 7/17/2007
Pandemic Influenza Exercise Yields Valuable Insights on Facilities' States of Readiness By Deborah Paul-Cheadle, RN, CIC Seasonal influenza causes severe illness and death every winter in North America, attacking the elderly and the debilitated with particular intensity. -
3. June 2000 - How to Scrub Safer
www.outpatientsurgery.net/2000 - [Cached]Published on: 6/10/2002 Last Visited: 6/10/2002
Another method to make scrubbing easier is to have your staff do a full scrub at the beginning of cases, including a thorough cleaning underneath fingernails with a brush, then use waterless antiseptic agents between cases, advises Deborah Paul-Cheadle, RN, Infection Control Nurse at Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, Mich. Such agents include 3M's new Avagard, Metrex's Metricare Flash Foam, and Steris's Alcare. Since the antiseptic does not need to be rinsed off, it is more convenient than re-washing, she believes. A study done at the Medical College of Virginia buttresses her view; the introduction of such a system at that instituinstitution's hospital markedly improved compliance, although compliance nevertheless remained relatively poor.
Still another method is to hunt for ways to cut unnecessary requirements. Several studies show that certain scrubbing shortcuts do not affect the spread of infection.
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Ms. Paul-Cheadle says that within two to three weeks after implementing such a product at her center, "Skin quality improved. Hands felt softer and there was less breakdown of cuticles and skin."
Copyright 2000 Herrin Publishing Partners, L.P.
