Resource Center The following links are provided to assist you in reaching other important organizations and resources. Links to Selected Articles Written by Mary McGoldrick For 10 years, Mary served as a Department Editor and contributing author to the column "Accreditation Strategies" for the Home Healthcare Nurse journal. Selected articles are noted below with other publications from the past 10 years available for review. • Friedman, Mary McGoldrick. (March, 2005). Medication Safety: Look-Alike Sound Alike-Drugs in Home Care. (Pp. 243-255) Home Healthcare Nurse. Phil; PA: L.W.W. • Friedman, Mary McGoldrick. (October, 2004) Tracer Methodology and the New Joint Commission Home Care & Hospice Survey Procss - Part I. Home Healthcare Nurse. (Pp.710-714) Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins (L.W.W.). • Friedman, Mary McGoldrick. (November, 2004) Tracer Methodology and the New Joint Commission Home Care & Hospice Survey Process - Part II. Home Healthcare Nurse. (Pp. 748-752). Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. • Friedman, Mary McGoldrick. (December, 2004). The JCAHO Complex Organization Survey Process and its Impact on Hospital-based Home Care and Hospice Providers. Home Healthcare Nurse. (Pp. 854-857). Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. • Friedman, Mary McGoldrick. (November 2003). Infection Control Update for Home Care and Hospice Organizations. Home Healthcare Nurse. (Pp. 753-760). Phi. PA: L.W.W. • Friedman, Mary. (June, 2001). The Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act: Its Impact on Home Care and Hospice Organization. Home Healthcare Nurse. (Pp. 356-360). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. • Friedman, Mary, Rhinehart, Emily. (February, 2000). Improving Infection Control in Home Care: From Ritual to Science-based Practice. Home Healthcare Nurse. (Pp. 99-106). Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott. CDC Guidelines • Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings, 2006 • Prevention and Control of Influenza. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2006 • Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-care Settings, 2005 • Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures of HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis, 2005 • Guidelines for Using the QuantiFERON® - TB Gold Test for Detecting Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection, United States, MMWR 2005; (No. RR15) 49-54 • Guideline for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities, 2003 • Guideline for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia, 2003 • Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings, 2002 • Guideline for the Prevention of Intravascular Device-Related Infections, 2002 • Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections, 1999 • Guideline For Infection Control In Health Care Personnel, 1998 • Immunization of Healthcare Workers, 1997 • Guideline for the Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections, 1981 • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. (1998, January). Selecting, evaluating, and using sharps disposal containers. Associations/Professional Organizations Access to current information sources is critical. The following links are provided to assist you in reaching other important organizations and resources. Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Community and Hospital Infection Control Association - Canada (CHICA) Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) Infusion Nurses Society (INS) Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Society for Healthcare Epidemiology (SHEA) World Health Organization (WHO)