About this Program
This presentation focuses on 5 things you need to know about infections and infection prevention and much more. This presentation was live on Monday, July 12, 2021 and was followed by Q & A.
Whether you are just starting as an independent patient advocate or using skills as a family caregiver, this information can be lifesaving.
Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy program, Infection Prevention, Beyond Handwashing is approved for 1.0 general CE by the Patient Advocate Certification Board to satisfy the requirements for Board Certified Patient Advocates (BCPA).
Approved through July 10th 2025.
About Maryanne McGuckin, Dr. ScEd., FSHEA
Dr. McGuckin spent 35 years as a staff and faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania before founding McGuckin Methods International and becoming company president.
She created Partners in Your Care, a hand hygiene program which combines monitoring and patient empowerment, and is used in several hundred hospitals. She is highly regarded in the medical field and has been a featured speaker at medical seminars and scientific meetings held by organizations such as the CDC, Joint Commission, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
Her work has appeared in the American Journal of Infection Control; the American Journal of Medical Technology, the Journal of the American Medical Association, The New England Journal of Medicine; Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology; The American Journal of Infection Control The American Journal of Surgery; the Journal of Urology, and The New York Academy of Sciences. Dr. McGuckin is an expert source for national print and broadcast media including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Dateline, 60 Minutes, and MSNBC.
