On 12/8/2009 JCR said:

Thank you so much for your inquiry! Our Antibiotic Resistance Toolkit has six free self-paced learning modules specifically referencing each of the chapters in the toolkit. All were developed and placed on the Website this past summer. They can be found here: http://www.jcrinc.com/more-on-mdros/ Or listen to the free on-demand introductory conference call: http://www.jcrinc.com/MDRO-Conference-Call/

On 12/7/2009 Christina Wahrmund said:

I am looling for a MDRO webinar that was scheduled in 2009 with a target audience of nursing personnel. Is this that webinar or was there another one. Thank you.

On 8/18/2009 Karen Iversen - JCR said:

Thank you everyone for participating today - we encourage you to keep your eyes on the blog for any questions that required more follow-up. In addition, we look forward to our next interactive session on September 1st. Thank you!

On 8/18/2009 Barbara Soule - JCR said:

Lynette, great question. A lot of folks are currently working out their methods to meet these important National Patient Safety Goals. There are actually a number of requirements for each of the new NPSGs 7. For example, for the MDRO .07.03.01, there must be a risk assessment for MDROS in your organization, a surveillance method to follow these "epidemiologically significant" organisms, and education. I have just the resource for you. On the Joint Commission website, there is a FREE audio conference that takes you through each of the new NPSGs and explains what is expected. The speakers are Louise Kuhny from the Standards Interpretation Division of the Joint Commission and me. We provide the requirements and suggestions for compliance. I think this would be most helpful to you. The audio conference can be found on your organization's individual extranet website.

On 8/18/2009 Barbara Soule said:

Hi Pat, Good for you! Hand hygiene is, as you know, one of the most essential functions to prevent HAIs. The higher you can get your compliance the better it will be for your patients. In addition you might want to monitor standard precautions and isolation compliance when it is needed. The toolkit was designed specifically for the acute care setting, but you might want to look at Chapter 4 on Transmission of MDROs to get some other ideas. Even in behavioral health, there will be HAIs and some MDROs, soin addition to hand hygiene you will want to have a good surveillance system in place to identify any HAIs and use laboratory support where necessary to determine the organisms causing the infections MDROs. Just a note, the NPSGs for MDROs is not applicable to Behavioral Health Settings. Barb

On 8/18/2009 Barbara Soule said:

Arely, thank you very much. I am glad the toolkit is helpful to you. Don't forget to include your senior leaders as you use the toolkit and also please join us and invite your leaders to join for this and the upcoming blogs. Barb

On 8/18/2009 Pat said:

Thank you for the MDRO toolkit. I work in behavioral health. Our HAI rate is very low. We are concentrating on enhanced hand hygiene. Are there other things we should be focusing on?

On 8/18/2009 Pat said:

Thank you for the MDRO toolkit. I work in behavioral health. Our HAI rate is very low. We are concentrating on enhanced hand hygiene. Are there other things we should be focusing on?

On 8/18/2009 Karen Iversen/JCR said:

Rebecca - Here is the link for the audios. http://www.jcrinc.com/more-on-mdros/

On 8/18/2009 Barbara Soule said:

Arely, thank you very much. I am glad the toolkit is helpful to you. Don't forget to include your senior leaders as you use the toolkit and also please join us and invite your leaders to join for this and the upcoming blogs. Barb

On 8/18/2009 Rebecca said:

I have copied the 6 teleconferences that were previously recorded. I listened to the first one last week and went back to listen to the second thru sixth, but lost my link. Can you direct me to the site again. They are very helpful. Thanks so much.

On 8/18/2009 Arely Rego said:

The toolbook is excellent. Thank you I have also benefitted form the explanations provided during the webinars on the NPSG specifically the section on NPSG 07.03.01

On 8/18/2009 Lynette said:

I'm new in infection control and working on the NPSG #7 Standards. My concern is that I want to cover everything and don't know what is really expected. We have a policy on multi-drug resistant organisms and track any that occur as surgical site infections. Is this sufficient?

On 8/17/2009 Barbara Soule said:

Good question. One approach is to perform your risk assessment to evaluate what part of your MDRO prevention program needs improvement and selet that area to work on first. THe risk assessment is found in the first chapter of the toolkit - Perils. Barb

On 8/17/2009 Krista said:

How do I select which antibiotic resistance issue to work on first?

On 8/14/2009 Karen Iversen said:

Melinda: Thanks for your inquiry! Please register for your toolkit here: http://www.jcrinc.com/Antibiotic-Resistance-Toolkit/ Upon registration you will receive a link, login and password to the toolkit. That webpage contains both the PDF version of the toolkit as well as the tools on the CD.

On 8/14/2009 Melinda hall said:

how can I get the MDRO toolkit CD?