Kimberly-Clark launches ‘Education Foundation’
National educational program on infection prevention providing CNE points for attendees.
Sydney, 1 July 2010: As a global leader in infection prevention, Kimberly-Clark is launching “The Kimberly-Clark Education Foundation” - an ongoing educational program for sterile supply and operating room departments.
The national program is designed to keep Operating Room nurses, Sterilisation departments and Infection Control Practitioners at the forefront of best practice, industry trends and awareness on infection prevention procedures.
Despite significant advances in infection control practices, SSIs remain a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality, and represent a heavy financial and physical burden to hospitals and patients. Patients who develop SSIs are 60% more likely to spend time in an ICU, five-times more likely to be re-admitted to hospital and have twice the incidence of mortality1.
Wava Truscott. PhD, Director of Scientific Affairs and Clinical Education will be presenting “Preventing SSI: Addressing Non-Patient Risk Factors” at the Premiere Learning Events of “The Kimberly-Clark Education Foundation” in October 2010 occurring in each state.
The learning event will present an overview of the impact of SSIs, review the risk factors and classification systems that indicate a patient’s susceptibility to an SSI and explore various peri-operative infection prevention strategies related to the patient, surgical environment and members of the surgical team.
Participation is without charge and attendees will earn 1.5 CNE points from the RCNA (Royal College of Nursing Australia), as part of their ongoing education in the prevention of Surgical Site Infections (SSIs).
To register your attendance contact Johanna Dahl, Kimberly-Clark Health Care 02 9963 8664 Johanna.Dahl@kcc.com or log onto www.haiwatch.com.
For further media information contact: Johanna Dahl, Kimberly-Clark Health Care 02 9963 8664 Johanna.Dahl@kcc.com Angela Yoo, Communications Coordinator 02 9963 8856 Angela.Yoo@kcc.com
