Most locales have tuberculosis registries and track sexually transmitted diseases as well. Your health department can provide specific requirements. Pharmacists are in an excellent position to develop screening programs, identify high-risk candidates using computerized records, and promote effective vaccination. Once a problem is identified, repeat misadventures are inexcusable if good preventive measures are available. Use a variety of training methods.
Some people learn when they hear information, while others learn when they read it.
Posters are often used to reinforce hand-washing and universal precautions, but become meaningless unless changed frequently. Humorous messages in newsletters, electronic mail, and interoffice communication can help employees, patients, and visitors learn about prevention. Constant message reinforcement is the best way to guarantee that infection control measures are remembered and used. Closing the Case Successful investigation of an outbreak is never certain. The nightmare of an unidentified cause traveling through a previously unknown distribution system is a real, though remote, possibility.