Postdoctoral nursing education in infection control: program description.
The need to identify and evaluate those clinical practices that are efficacious in reducing risk of nosocomial infection is clear. A model of large-scale programmatic evaluation is the Study of the Efficacy of Nosocomial Infection Control. Other important clinical studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of practices such as closed urinary drainage and management of intravascular lines and the ineffectiveness of such practices as double bagging and routine gowning in the newborn nursery. Clearly, research is one essential way to direct practice in infection control. It is our goal that the Johnson & Johnson/SURGIKOS Postdoctoral Nursing Fellows in Infection Control will make a significant contribution to the knowledge base in the specialty. The need for collaboration by government, industry, and academia in addressing health care research needs has been recently emphasized. We also believe that this Program can serve as one model for such a collaborative effort.
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Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21205.
Butz
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Korniewicz
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D015142:Baltimore; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000639:trends; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D006761:Hospitals; D012579:Schools, Nursing