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Eight ways to get the word out on a new policy or procedure

Briefings on Infection Control, February 1, 2009

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After reading this article, you will be able to:

• Describe ways ICPs can educate and train staff members on new guidelines or procedures
• Identify at least one obstacle that prevents distribution of new IC information to staff members

When a new document such as the recent CDC disinfection and sterilization guidance gets issued (see “New disinfection and sterilization guidelines: Current and comprehensive” on p. 8), ICPs often need to train staff members on new procedures, which is easier said than done.

Clinical staff members in most hospitals are notoriously busy, and it can be nearly impossible to wrench them away from their jobs. ICPs may also find themselves competing with other department heads also trying to train staff members on entirely different topics, says Candace Friedman, BS, MT (ASCP), MPH, CIC, director of IC and epidemiology at the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers in Ann Arbor.

In these instances, ICPs are unlikely to find a one-size-fits-all approach that works. Instead, different methods may be necessary to educate staff members.

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