Pharmacy OneSource Announces Free Expert Webinar on Hospital-Acquired Infections

March 9, 2009 - PRLog -- Bellevue, WA -- Pharmacy OneSource, creator of web applications to enable swift and safe healthcare, is pleased to announce an upcoming complimentary webinar: "Hospital Infection: Essential New Information to Support Cleaning and Screening."

Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D., former Lieutenant Governor of New York State and Chairman/Founder of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (RID), will provide startling new evidence on how surface bacterial contamination leads to increases in the rates of colonization and infection.  Dr. McCaughey will present innovative practical steps on how to protect patients from contracting healthcare-associated infections.

Throughout her presentation, Dr. McCaughey will cite examples of success stories -- hospitals that have significantly reduced infection rates of SSI, MRSA, CLABSI, etc.  Her presentation is based on the latest research published in peer-reviewed journals and/or supported by extensive clinical surveillance.

"New evidence shows that the single most reliable predictor of who gets a hospital infection is who occupied the room before you.  Effective cleaning is especially needed to protect patients.  Hospitals are under increasing pressure to reduce infection rates as they get legislated and litigated into cleaning up their acts," said Dr. Betsy McCaughey.

Title:    Hospital Infection: Essential New Information to Support Cleaning and Screening
Date:    Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Time:   12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Where: http://www.sentri7.com/infection
Cost: Free

The webinar is sponsored by Sentri7, an electronic infection surveillance software tool that helps infection preventionists identify, track and report on infections across the entire hospital.

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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, Quantifi, ScheduleRx, Sentri7, Simplifi 797, and UnitStock.