2nd Annual Prevention Above All Summit Scheduled for August 17-18, Washington, D.C.
5/18/2009
We are excited to announce that our next Prevention Above All Summit will take place in Washington, DC on August 17-18, 2009. Our first Prevention Above All conference last August was a wonderful success, bringing together chief nursing officers, chief medical officers and healthcare quality executives from around the U.S. talk with us about infection prevention. The 2009 Summit speaker’s roster includes: Dr. Trent Haywood, Dr. Caroline Fife, Dr. Dale Bratzler, Dr. Allen Rothfeld, Dr. Heidi Wald, Dr. Andy Kramer, Dr. Didier Pittet, Dr. Guenter Kampf. Presentations will encompass Healthcare reform, Hand Hygiene concentration of alcohol, Pressure Ulcer Prevention and the Legal implications, Safer Surgery, Medline grant program findings. In order to provide greater participation, we will be Web streaming keynote presentations. Additional information will be available in the near future so be sure to check back soon!
APIC 2009
5/14/2009
Be sure to stop by our booth #710 at the annual convention in Ft. Lauderdale, June 7-11. We will be presenting a wide spectrum products and programs targeting Infection Control and Prevention, Hand Hygiene compliance, CAUTI and Pressure Ulcer prevention. Be sure to visit three of our five educational stations in the booth and take home ACE!
Prevention Above All Discovery Grants
5/11/2009
Through our Prevention Above All Discoveries Grants, Medline is committing up to $1 million over several years to stimulate the gathering of solid evidence that supports the adoption of solutions into clinical practice. A review panel, whose members represent a breadth of research and practice knowledge, will select grant recipients to be awarded up to $25,000 each for pilot grants or $100,000 each for empirical studies.
Medline Prevention Above All Discoveries Grants objectives:
- To stimulate research that will lead to the development of new targeted interventions aimed at reducing medical risks and harms associated with hospital-acquired conditions (identified by CMS in 2008 IPPS final rule).
- To test the cost and effectiveness of interventions and programs designed to reduce the incidence of hospital-acquired conditions.
- To disseminate practical, evidence-based solutions within and across hospitals, leading to a reduction in hospital-acquired conditions.
For more detailed information and submission instructions, click here.
Grant Program Schedule
May, 2009: Grant awards to be announced, full proposals funded, projects to be initiated within two months of funding.
Plan Ahead for International Infection Prevention Week 2009 – October 18-24!
5/6/2009
With the theme “Infection Prevention Is Everyone's Business,” this year’s International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW) will highlight the work of Infection Preventionists throughout the world.
Led by APIC since the program's creation in the mid 1980's, International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW) is held:
To bring worldwide attention to the practice of infection prevention and control
To honor infection prevention for their daily efforts to save lives
To educate healthcare professionals, patients and the community
It’s easy to see why we think IIPW is so important. Two of the six targeted interventions of Prevention Above All are directly linked to infection prevention – Hospital-Acquired Infections and Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. IIPW is an excellent opportunity to focus attention on these and other infections and the steps we can all take to prevent them.
APIC's goal is to have all 50 states and Congress issue proclamations recognizing IIPW and the hard work and patient safety practices Infection Preventionists perform in our nation's healthcare facilities. Obtaining these proclamations will afford Infection Preventionists their much-deserved recognition, Medline encourages you to please take the time to contact your governor and make your voice heard.
To learn more about IIPW and read success stories from last year’s program, check out www.apic.org.
A report from the front lines
10/3/2008
On September 17 and 17, our Chief Marketing Officer, Sue MacInnes, partnered with Elizabeth Ayello, PhD,
RN, CNS-BC, WOC Nurse, FAPWCA, FAAN, internationally renowned wound expert, author and CMS consultant to address
the Southwestern Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders and Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders. The topic?
The upcoming CMS guideline changes and how they will affect care.
Sue and Dr. Ayello surveyed attendees – primarily nursing executives — prior to the meeting to determine the attendees’ biggest
concerns regarding the guideline changes. Perhaps not surprisingly, pressure ulcers topped the list. After all,
Pennsylvania just launched its statewide collaborative, called the Pennsylvania Pressure Ulcer Partnership, that aims to
provide a comprehensive approach to the identification, prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers within the commonwealth.
Dr. Ayello addressed the implications on practice and administration that the new CMS pressure ulcer policy will bring.
Sue then suggested solutions for overcoming some of the obstacles created by the new policy, including the adoption one of the
six targeted interventions of Prevention Above All — Pressure Ulcer Prevention.
You can learn more about the Pressure Ulcer Prevention intervention of Prevention Above All by clicking here.
Check out the Prevention Above All article from Healthy Skin!
9/22/2008
Visit our Resources and Links page to check out the four-page spread on Prevention
Above All that was featured in the most recent edition of Healthy Skin. The article includes
featured speaker highlights and profiles on the six targeted interventions that comprise Prevention Above All.
While you’re at it, why not visit our Healthy Skin site? You can review the magazine’s most recent contents
and sign up for a free subscription!
Welcome!
9/19/2008
Welcome to Medline’s Prevention Above All blog! This is where you’ll want to come to learn all about what’s new with the Prevention Above All program. We’ll be sharing new resources, keeping you up to date on important changes and sharing success stories we’ve heard from your fellow caregivers.
We officially launched Prevention Above All at an executive forum on August 18 and 19 in Chicago. More than 80 chief nursing officers, chief medical officers and healthcare quality executives from around the U.S. joined us in the Windy City to hear a select group of healthcare policy experts and professionals provide guidance and knowledge on patient safety strategies and targeted interventions for improving outcomes. You’ll definitely want to visit the Conference page of this site to view video clips of our featured speakers!
The conference was a huge success, and we want to keep moving full-steam ahead. We truly feel that our Prevention Above All program gives you the tools you’ll need to battle six serious hospital-acquired conditions. If you have a success story to share, we want to hear it! Simply click the Contact Us link on the home page and shoot us a message. Who knows – we might even end up featuring you on this blog!
Keep checking back – this is an exciting time for health care, and we’ve got a lot to share!
