Pharmacy OneSource Announces Free Webinar on Positive Deviance
Examining an approach to prevent infections in healthcare settings
BELLEVUE, WA, November 04, 2010
Pharmacy OneSource, software-as-a-service provider of Sentri7, a real-time infection prevention surveillance, documentation and reporting system, is pleased to announce a complimentary webinar on positive deviance with Dottie Borton, Infection Preventionist at Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, in "Positive Deviance: Another Tool for Infection Prevention."Most healthcare personnel respond that hand hygiene and standard precautions are essential in preventing infection, however, observations of behavior don't always match the expected actions. Positive deviance offers another approach or tool to achieve sustainable behavior changes that can decrease and prevent transmission of infection. Borton will provide an overview of positive deviance as well as some outcome examples of implementation at one healthcare facility.
Positive Deviance: Another Tool for Infection Prevention
DATE: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
TIME: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
WHERE: http://www.sentri7.com/infection
About the Presenter: Dottie Borton is an Infection Preventionist at Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA with more than 35 years experience in infection prevention and control in variety of healthcare settings (acute care, long term care, behavioral health, and outpatient). She is certified in Infection Control. She is a member of APIC and is active in Philadelphia - Delaware Valley Chapter 15 of APIC. She has served as president, secretary, education chair, and member of board of Chapter 15. Borton has lectured and presented posters and workshops on infection prevention and control topics at local, national, and international venues. She is currently serving on HAI Advisory Panel for the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority.
About Pharmacy OneSource (www.pharmacyonesource.com)
Pharmacy OneSource is healthcare's #1 Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider. Our more than 80 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 VeriForm.