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
25,786 Reviews
Healthcare professionals are responsible for monitoring the performance of all personnel, licensed or not, under....
13,966 Reviews
Healthcare professionals are responsible for monitoring the performance of all personnel who are under their aut....
1,067 Reviews
The caveat "first do no harm" carries with it the responsibility to understand the wily ways of microorganisms a....
6,934 Reviews
Each year, Streptococcus pneumoniae — a bacterium — is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in t....
4,675 Reviews
This course has been approved for 6 hours by the Commission on Case Manager Certification for 2007, 2008, 2009, ....
43,166 Reviews
The year 2014 marked the largest outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) throughout West Africa and first cases of....
2,111 Reviews
This course has been approved for 2 hours by the Commission on Case Manager Certification for 01/15/15 to 01/16/....
4,642 Reviews
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 1.2 million people 13 years and older are li....
1,027 Reviews
Epidemiology is the study of the distribution of states of health and of the determinants of deviations from hea....
15,389 Reviews
International travel has become a way of life for many people. Education, counseling, and proper immunization ar....
13,693 Reviews
Just going to work each day as a healthcare professional places you at risk for acquiring a bloodborne pathogen.....
9,396 Reviews
Lyme disease is a systemic bacterial infection that can be transmitted through the bite of an infected tick and ....
7,180 Reviews
Unlike hepatitis A and B, most patients newly diagnosed with hepatitis C are asymptomatic. The majority of diagn....
54,215 Reviews
The HIV epidemic has slowed from a period of rapid growth during the mid- to late- 1980s to a more stable preval....
1,653 Reviews
While mad cow and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease won't affect most nurses' day-to-day practice, nurses must b....
205 Reviews
More than 30 years have passed since radon was recognized as a threat to the health of Americans, and more than ....
6,967 Reviews
An estimated 6 million to 12 million infestations of head lice occur each year in the U.S. among children ages 3....
990 Reviews
Mercury poisoning still threatens people’s health and lives, and healthcare providers across various disciplin....
1,176 Reviews
The last outbreak of smallpox in the United States occurred in 1949, and the last naturally occurring case of sm....
21,440 Reviews
Clostridium difficile, a gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming bacteria, is the major cause of nosocomial diar....