08/17/2017
Evelyn McKnight's work began as a response to an unthinkable, preventable tragedy.
"By building safeguards into the injection process, incentivizing health care providers at all levels to universally follow fundamental safety standards, and educating and reeducating providers, all patients will be protected all the time. Future tragedies can be avoided."
HONOReform offers a continuing education presentation at low or no cost. Learn more about Evelyn's story and the programs offered in this piece.
http://honoreform.org/policy-engineering-and-educational-efforts-in-injection-safety/preventing-the-unthinkable/
Healthcare providers in all types of settings have reviewed and followed safe medical injection best practices. Nonetheless, contamination—the “unthinkable”—still happens. The CDC estimates that there have been more than 50 outbreaks of Hepatitis C and/or Hepatitis B in the past decade due to reus.....