Industry experts join forces to raise awareness for Patient Safety Week with free CE credit course and panel discussion, sharing insights about sterile processing and infection prevention with attendees
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (March 10, 2021) – Today, oneSOURCE Document Management Services, an RLDatix company and leading healthcare management solution, announced a partnership with industry publication, Healthcare Hygiene magazine, to host a Patient Safety Week CE credit course and leadership panel. Patient Safety Week is recognized from March 14 through March 20. The digital event and webinar will be released for viewing on Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 12 p.m. MT and will be available on-demand via Healthcare Hygiene’s website for the next 90 days.
“oneSOURCE’s mission to promote patient safety and educate the wide range of healthcare professionals on the steadily changing policies and procedures of the industry wholly aligns with the annual Patient Safety Week. We are thrilled about the opportunity to raise awareness for this important mission and partnering with Healthcare Hygiene is a phenomenal example of our desire to build relationships that emphasize our values,” says Heather Thomas, CMO and executive VP of sales and marketing of oneSOURCE.
Through this partnership, oneSOURCE is able to offer 1.5 contact hours of continuing education for nurses* as well as sterile processing professionals**.
Additional details about the CE credit and leadership panel are as follows:
- Title: A Team Approach to Patient Safety. We All Play a Role.
- Objectives and key learnings:
- Describe a team-based approach to decision making for medical purchases and installation and the effects on patient safety
- Examine the pre-purchase decisions and responsibilities of medical devices and equipment
- Equipment arrival, installation and usage
- Understand the process of medical devices: how, why and what to consider through the continuum for improving patient safety
- Discuss what happens when things go wrong
- Speakers:
- David Jagrosse, CRCST, CHL
- Damien S. Berg, BA, BS, CRCST
- Alison Sonstelie, BS, CHL, CRCST
- Moderator: Kelly M. Pyrek, CEO of Keystone Media Inc. and publisher of Healthcare Hygiene magazine
- Sponsored by: oneSource Document Management Services and Healthcare Hygiene magazine
“It is critical that diverse healthcare stakeholders leave their silos and join together to address the principles and practices that ensure quality patient outcomes,” says Kelly M. Pyrek, CEO of Keystone Media Inc. and publisher of Healthcare Hygiene magazine. “It is a privilege to work with industry-leading experts who will share their insights and real-world perspectives on how to move the needle on patient safety by removing obstacles to communication and collaboration and building solid teams. This dynamic webinar, which will include a thought-provoking Q&A with the panelists, aims to unite everyone from infection preventionists and healthcare epidemiologists, to quality/safety/risk managers, as well as biomedical personnel and sterile processing professionals on the journey toward zero adverse events.”
oneSOURCE provides the proper tools to promote the highest level of patient safety year after year. As a critical partner for top healthcare organizations such as Mayo Clinic, Sutter Health, VHA and HCA, the range of databases supports everything from facilities maintenance to surgical instruments to dental, currently dominating the sterile processing market with more than 80 percent saturation. For more information on becoming a subscriber to the full suite of databases, visit onesourcedocs.com/contact. To sign up for the course and leadership panel, visit healthcarehygienemagazine.com/continuing-education.
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About oneSOURCE
oneSOURCE Document Management Services, an RLDatix company, is a leading healthcare management solution that enables facilities to stay in compliance 24/7 through its robust online platform equipped with the world’s most updated IFUs (instructions for use) and PM (preventative maintenance) Service Manuals. Since 2009 oneSOURCE has become a reliable resource for top healthcare organizations such as Mayo Clinic, Sutter Health, and HCA and currently dominates the U.S. hospital market with more than 80% saturation. Approved and trusted by the Joint Commission, AAMI, CMS, and AAAHC, oneSOURCE’s accurate and up-to-date databases for the surgical and equipment, biomed, tissue and implants, long-term care, facilities maintenance, safety data sheets (SDS) and dental verticals improves patient safety and reduces healthcare-acquired infections. For additional information on oneSOURCE, visit onesourcedocs.com.
About Healthcare Hygiene magazine
Healthcare Hygiene magazine was launched in October 2019 by Keystone Media Inc. to serve as an alternative, science-driven voice in the infection prevention trade journal segment and to build bridges between healthcare stakeholders seeking a better way to educate and inform practitioners. The monthly digital publications and special issues feature in-depth coverage that dives deep into the medical literature, shares perspectives from key thought leaders, and cultivates dialogue across infection prevention sub-specialties. Healthcare Hygiene magazine’s information and continuing education platform is available at: www.healthcarehygienemagazine.com
*Keystone Media Inc./Healthcare Hygiene magazine – CEP 17500 – is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nurses. **CE pending from the CBSPD and IAHCSMM.
