Barbara Barzoloski-O'Connor
MSN, RN, CIC
Barbara Barzoloski-O'Connor, MSN, RN, CIC, is the infection control manager at Howard County General Hospital, Columbia, Md.
Courses Authored
29,415 Reviews
Healthcare professionals are responsible for monitoring the performance of all personnel, licensed or not, under....
16,227 Reviews
Healthcare professionals are responsible for monitoring the performance of all personnel who are under their aut....
1,175 Reviews
The caveat "first do no harm" carries with it the responsibility to understand the wily ways of microorganisms a....
13,488 Reviews
Each year, Streptococcus pneumoniae — a bacterium — is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in t....
5,664 Reviews
This course has been approved for 6 hours by the Commission on Case Manager Certification for 2019 and 2020. On....
43,893 Reviews
The year 2014 marked the largest outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) throughout West Africa and first cases of....
2,287 Reviews
This course has been approved for 2 hours by the Commission on Case Manager Certification for 01/15/15 to 01/16/....
5,239 Reviews
Epidemiology is the study of the distribution of states of health and of the determinants of deviations from hea....
21,418 Reviews
International travel has become a way of life for many people. Education, counseling, and proper immunization ar....
14,899 Reviews
Just going to work each day as a healthcare professional places you at risk for acquiring a bloodborne pathogen.....
10,298 Reviews
Lyme disease is a systemic bacterial infection that can be transmitted through the bite of an infected tick and ....
58,485 Reviews
The HIV epidemic has slowed from a period of rapid growth during the mid- to late- 1980s to a more stable preval....
1,737 Reviews
While mad cow disease and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease won’t affect most nurses’ day-to-day practice, n....
224 Reviews
More than 30 years have passed since radon was recognized as a threat to the health of Americans, and more than ....
7,331 Reviews
An estimated 6 million to 12 million infestations of head lice occur each year in the U.S. among children ages 3....
1,097 Reviews
Mercury poisoning still threatens people’s health and lives, and healthcare providers across various disciplin....
1,274 Reviews
The last outbreak of smallpox in the United States occurred in 1949, and the last naturally occurring case of sm....
22,200 Reviews
Clostridium difficile, a gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming bacteria, is the major cause of nosocomial diar....
16,252 Reviews
The course will be discontinued on May 12, 2019. Please plan to finish the course by May 11th if you wish to ear....
1,355 Reviews
The overall incidence of life-threatening invasive fungal infections such as Candida and Aspergillus has increas....