Pharmacy OneSource Announces Free Webinar on Surgical Site Infections due to MRSA

Dec. 23, 2009 - PRLog -- Bellevue, WA -- Pharmacy OneSource, software-as-a-service provider of the Sentri7 electronic patient surveillance system, is pleased to announce an upcoming complimentary webinar: "Surgical Site Infection due to MRSA: Facts, Fiction, and Frustration."

A recent study published in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS ONE by researchers at Duke University in North Carolina found that a single patient infected with MRSA can cost a hospital $60,000.

Dr. Dev Anderson, one of the study's authors, will present his findings and explore other related issues, including:

The latest research on SSI due to MRSA, including epidemiology, risk factors, and outcomes
Preventative strategies for SSI
Strategies to specifically prevent SSI due to MRSA and the controversies surrounding these strategies

Surgical Site Infection due to MRSA: Facts, Fiction, and Frustration
Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
Register: http://www.pharmacyonesource.com/webinars

About the Speaker: Dr. Dev Anderson is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. He is chair of the Antibiotic Evaluation Team at Duke University Medical Center and Co-Director of the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network.

Dr. Anderson has authored over 30 peer-reviewed articles and has presented numerous abstracts at national conferences. He was the recipient of the Pfizer Fellowship in Infectious Disease in 2005, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America’s Scholarship Award in 2006, the North Carolina Infectious Diseases Society’s Terry Lee, MD, Award, and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America’s Barry Farr Award in 2008. His research interests include hospital-acquired infections, infection control, hospital epidemiology, and multidrug-resistant organisms.

About Pharmacy OneSource (www.pharmacyonesource.com)
Pharmacy OneSource is healthcare’s #1 Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider. Our more than 70 innovative team members provide best-in-class, SaaS solutions to current and future challenges within health-systems worldwide. Our SaaS solutions contribute to swift and safe healthcare through earlier, easier and better access to data. More than 1,300 healthcare organizations worldwide utilize our HIPAA compliant web-based services: Accupedia, Amplifi, MedBoard, Quantifi, ScheduleRx, Sentri7, Simplifi 797, and UnitStock.