Ansell Healthcare Espresses Firm Commitment to Support Continued Education of Healthcare Professionals Worldwide
– European Operating Room Nurses Association (EORNA) to Confirm
AnsellCares(R), the Ansell Global Healthcare Educational Program, Accepted
for Accreditation
Earlier today, Ansell Healthcare, the global leader in healthcare barrier
protective solutions, has announced it has taken a further step in supporting
the global healthcare professionals community in the area of continued
education.
After receiving earlier confirmation of acceptance by its US counterpart
(AORN), the AnsellCares(R) educational courses have now also received
confirmation of acceptance by the European Operating Room Nurses Association.
Focusing on infection control, allergy prevention, barrier protection and
nursing procedures, the AnsellCares(R) courses perfectly link into the
requirements of continued education for healthcare workers around the world.
The Ansell educational courses are actually the first courses offered under
the newly launched EORNA Accreditation Council for Education (ACE), and will
be made accessible via a web-based portal under the EORNA Academy header.
The AnsellCares(R) self-study courses will initially be made available
via the EORNA website. EORNA members will be offered logging in to EORNA
Academy section of the website, and make their choice on the “offering” page.
AnsellCares course content can then be accessed and downloaded. Tests will
taken online, delivering final results and accreditation points through a
EORNA ACE certificate.
“We are pleased to further extend our support to healthcare workers in
President of EORNA. “At EORNA, we wholeheartedly back the high quality and
thoroughness of AnsellCares courses. They effectively package best practice
for nursing professionals,” she continues.
AnsellCares(R) educational programmes have been approved by the American
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses-AORN–since 2002. Ansell
Healthcare clinical consultants (many Registered Nurses) regularly contribute
to both EORNA and the American Association of Peri-Operative Registered
Nurses (AORN) through publications and conferences.
“We are proud to be able to contribute to the initiative of offering
healthcare workers the possibility to easily access and follow educational
courses,” says Werner Heintz, Sr Vice President & Regional Director of Ansell
EMEA. “It is very important to confirm our commitment for educational support
to the healthcare community, and in particular the nurses who have a front
line role in ensuring patient protection,” he continues.
The new EORNA ACE accepted AnsellCares courses will be presented at the
EORNA international Congress (http://www.eorna.eu) which will take place in
About Ansell
Ansell Limited is a global leader in healthcare barrier protective
products and is over 114 years old. With operations in the Americas,
and
positions in the natural latex and synthetic polymer glove and condom
markets. Ansell operates in three main business segments: Occupational
Healthcare, supplying hand protection to the industrial market; Professional
Healthcare, supplying surgical and examination gloves to healthcare
professionals; and Consumer Healthcare, supplying sexual health products and
consumer hand protection. Information on Ansell and its products can be found
at http://www.ansell.com or at http://www.ansell.eu.
About AnsellCares
The AnsellCares(R) international educational programme was established by
Ansell Healthcare in 1992, in a bid to provide a safer working and living
environment while promoting good health and well being. The programme
consists of a series of on-line and off-line research and educational
resources on infection control, hand hygiene and the prevention and treatment
of latex allergies. AnsellCares(R) has adopted an advisory role on skin and
personal protection issues for the healthcare professionals and at-risk
populations, and comes endorsed by reputable independent allergy and medical
experts from around the globe, including leading scientists, physicians,
educators and researchers.
On-line AnsellCares(R) resources, delivered via courses, lectures,
seminars, white papers and other multimedia content, are continuously
updated, catering healthcare professionals with free-of-charge educational
resources at www.ansell.eu/medical and at
http://www.ansellhealthcare.com/temps/university/ansellcares/index.cfm
AnsellCares(R) is a trademark of Ansell Ltd. or one of its affiliates.
About EORNA
A non-for-profit association, the European Operating Room Nurses
Association (EORNA) was founded in 1980, and today consists of 24 member
associations, representing 50,000 Healthcare professionals. EORNA exists to
enhance and develop perioperative patient care across
promoting and maintaining a high standard of perioperative patient care; by
being the influential voice of perioperative nurses in
and collaborating with relevant European and international organizations. One
of the EORNA’s most important educational activities is EORNA ACE,
(http://www.eorna.eu/EORNA-ACE_a271.html?PHPSESSID=
3b4992228717335b0b5608d08b27e6a6) the Accreditation Council for Education. An
overview of EORNA ACE is available from the website http://www.eorna.eu .
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Information for the Media :
Wouter Piepers
Ansell Ltd. - Director Global Communications
Tel: +32-2-528-74-00 or +32-478-33-56-32
e-mail: wpiepers@eu.ansell.com
SOURCE Ansell Healthcare and EORNA