JCR Calls for Proposals

Joint Commission Resources (JCR) (Oak Brook, Ill.) is now accepting proposals for presentations for the 2008 Annual Infection Control Conference.

This marks the first time that JCR, a not-for-profit affiliate of The Joint Commission, has issued a call for presentations for its annual infection control conference, says the company.

According to JCR, presentations at the September 2008 conference will focus on practitioner-based "best practices" to prevent health care-associated infections that result in an estimated 90,000 deaths annually, and add between $4.5 to $5.7 billion per year to patient care costs.