Online Companion: Fundamentals of Nursing Standards and Practice 2E
Web Links
Occupational Safety and
Health Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.osha.gov
This site offers latest on needlestick prevention measures under the Safety
Standards section
Association for Professionals
in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.
http://www.apic.org
Great information on multiple drug resistant organisms, Tuberculosis drug alert,
and needlestick safety.
Joint Commission on Accreditation
of Health Care Organizations
http://www.jcaho.org
Go to the site map her for the index of subjects; patient safety issues, sentinel
events and Standards are presented on this site.
National Foundation for
Infectious Disease
http://www.nfid.org
There are links to recommended websites and a virtual library of diseases and
fact sheets on infectious diseases.
Infusion Nurses Society
http://www.ins1.org
This is the site for this professional society; the standards for infusion nursing
as a specialty practice are described. There is a section on infection control
related to intravenous therapy.
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