Ask the care expert: How should I calculate the amount of PPE we are using daily?
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Jul 08, 2020
I am a new infection prevention nurse and I am being asked to give an account of how much personal protective equipment we are using daily. How should I calculate this?
Ask the Care Expert about … the Triple Aim
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Nov 05, 2016
Our new corporate director keeps talking about the “Triple Aim” and how we have to get in line with it. However, I have no idea how or where to get on board. Can you help?
Ask the care expert: Activities at your facility serve multiple purposes
How can we best use and clean slings for our facility’s lifts?
Ask the resident care expert … about precaution types
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Jan 25, 2023
Q: We are confused about the difference between contact precautions and enhanced barrier precautions. Can you help?
Ask the care expert: What can we do to help residents and families make their best decisions regarding...
By
Sherrie Dornberger
May 01, 2021
I’m a DON in a nursing facility that experienced a lot of COVID-19 cases and deaths due to the virus, both in the facility and at the hospital. We have seen families react so differently when they experience...
Ask the Care Expert about… Legionnaire’s risk from water features
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Jan 04, 2016
We are building a new patient care area and as a nurse leader I am working with the team on developing the area. I would like to have some fountains and trickling water features in the area. However, I...
Ask the care expert … about antibiotic stewardship
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Jun 05, 2015
According to SHEA (Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America) antibiotic stewardship refers to “a set of coordinated strategies to improve the use of antimicrobial medications with the goal...
Ask the care expert … about interpretive guidance
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Mar 01, 2014
I heard there was communication to surveyors on being required to cite the regulation and not the interpretive guidance. Where can I find this?
Ask the care expert … about the ISTAP tool kit
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Feb 01, 2014
I am in a new charge position and when I went to training, someone kept mentioning “ISTAP” with reference to skin tears. Do you know what this person was referring to?