SOCIETY & ASSOCIATION LINKS
Our partners are committed to improving patient safety
American College of Surgeons
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) is a not-for-profit scientific and educational association of surgeons. The ACS conducts educational programs such as the Clinical Congress and standard-setting programs in cancer and trauma care.
APIC
Ethicon has partnered with APIC, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, to increase the awareness of SSIs while discussing ways to help prevent them. The Association’s more than 11,000 members have primary responsibility for infection prevention, control, and hospital epidemiology in healthcare settings around the globe, and include nurses, epidemiologists, physicians, microbiologists, clinical pathologists, laboratory technologists, and public health practitioners. APIC advances its mission through education, research, collaboration, practice guidance, and credentialing.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) promotes health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. The CDC offers a wide range of resources specifically for healthcare professionals.
Clinical Expertise
ClinicalExpertise, is an online resource for medical education sponsored by Ethicon. The site features a resource library of articles and videos on clinical topics including hernia, incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, fibroids, and abnormal uterine bleeding.
DERMABOND
This product Web site offers detailed information about DERMABOND® Topical Skin Adhesive.
Institute for Health Improvement
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is a not-for-profit organization leading the improvement of health care throughout the world. IHI is a reliable source for knowledge and support. Access discussion groups, white papers, information about IHI programs and more through the Web site.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON GATEWAY®
JOHNSON & JOHNSON GATEWAY® US is your source for product details, ordering information, professional resources, and healthcare news from participating Johnson & Johnson companies.
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PubMed
PubMed is a service of the US National Library of Medicine that includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
Shaping Futures
Shaping Futures is a worldwide network of plastic surgeons dedicated to body contouring. Visit the site for access to case studies, patient education materials, practice information, white papers, and related body contouring resources.
Surgical Care Improvement Project
The Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) is a national quality partnership of organizations focused on improving surgical care by significantly reducing surgical complications. The SCIP goal is to reduce the incidence of surgical complications nationally by 25 percent by the year 2010.
Surgical Infection Society
The Surgical Infection Society educates healthcare providers and the public about infection in surgical patients and promotes research in the understanding, prevention and management of surgical infections.
