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Date: Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Time: 60 minutes
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Description:
Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is
the second most frequent healthcare-associated infection
occurring to patients hospitalized in acute-care
facilities. Being on a mechanical ventilator
places patients at greatest risk for developing this
lung infection (ventilator-associated pneumonia-VAP) as
well as doubling their likelihood of death while in the
hospital. Comprehensive oral care, along with
other patient care interventions in the VAP prevention
bundle, has been identified as significantly protecting
patients from developing this lethal complication.
This educational program will review the risk factors
and consequences of HAP and VAP; identify the Pathway to
Pneumonia in the hospitalized patient; describe the role
of the oral environment in the development of HAP/VAP
and review recommended oral care interventions and
studies which examine the current state of oral care
practice.
Speaker:
 Suzanne
M. Pear, RN, Ph.D, CIC is associate director for
infection control practices within the Scientific
Affairs and Clinical Education Department of
Kimberly-Clark Health Care. Dr. Pear is a healthcare
epidemiologist with extensive experience in clinical
infection control practice and outbreak investigations.
Her general area of expertise is healthcare- acquired
infections and her special interests include surgical
site infection, Clostridium difficile infection and
device-associated infections. Dr. Pear is a
registered nurse and obtained her bachelor's degree in
Nursing from Long Island University in New York. She
also holds a master's degree in medical-surgical nursing
with an education concentration from the University of
Arizona. Her thesis work investigated nurses'
self-perception of hand-hygiene behavior. She
subsequently obtained a doctorate degree in epidemiology
from the College of Public Health at the same
institution. Her dissertation work focused on the role
of hyperglycemia in post-cardiac surgery infections. She
has been certified in infection control and epidemiology
(CIC) for more than 15 years.
This free Webinar series is hosted on www.iceinstitute.com, Virgo Publishing Medical Group’s industry-specific training and education Web site.
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