California Nurses Association
June 15, 2014
National Nurses Organizing Committee (HQ)
2000 Franklin Street
Oakland, CA 94612
T. 510-273-2200
F. 510-433-2790
Re: Preventing Healthcare
Associated Infections in the workplace!
To whom it may concern,
Thank you very much
for all that you and your membership do for the wellbeing of the residents of
California, I really appreciate it. The battle to prevent the needless loss of
life and limb and the tremendous fiscal waste in the state of California
associated with Healthcare Associated Infections(HAI), a set of preventable
diseases according to the US Department of Health and Human Services, lies in
the hands of each and every healthcare staff member.
A study published in
the May, 2014 American Journal of Critical Care published by the American
Association of Critical Care Nurses:
Adherence to
Institutional- Specific Ventilator- Associated Pneumonia Prevention Guidelines(one
of the HAI)
Conclusion
The most consistent facilitator of adherence to guidelines
for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia was nurses’ positive attitude
toward the guidelines. (American Journal of Critical Care, 2014:23:201-215)
The deal cut to stop
lobbying for the cap of Healthcare CEO compensation did not bode well for us
not in healthcare but forced to pay for it, AB 2616 (SKINNER) may be a chance
for redemption should the California
Nurses Association chose to start
education your member concerning their role in the prevention of HAI
state wide. Provided wee all work together, the bill should cost nothing, MERSA
should not exist today in the workplace.
As an advocate for the prevention of HAI in our Veteran’s
Hospitals, your efforts will help our Vet’s, I will have something to point at
much as I do with the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.
Once again, thank you
and the entire membership of the California Nurses Association for your efforts
to help others.
Best regards,
Michael H. Slavinski http://h-a-i-5.blogspot.com
Ps Our family adopted country, Ghana, Africa via the US Peace
Corps and now via Anthem Blue Cross “GeoBlue” will be playing the USA in the World
Cup Soccer match tomorrow night 6/14/2014. Here is a chance to meet the boys, the
drums are actually playing a “double beat” very difficult to play, very complex,
the team are the “Black Stars”, from their flag. Our kid is now a contractor in
the shea industry, north West Ghana, the good part, fist task, find out where the
Boko Haram are not operatingL
These people smile no
matter what, we could all learn from them and please do not tell the Vets I am
looking Black stars all the way, and yes, Ghana is the birthplace of our modern
music.
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