Covidien (Mansfield, MA) has updated its web-based patient and caregiver education resource to offer information in 4 new clinical categories. The website, www.patientcare-edu.com, provides resources for addressing common care needs in acute, non-acute, and homecare settings. The expanded resources on the website include information on infant and perinatal care, monitoring for better outcomes, protecting patients and clinicians, and procedure and operating room preparation.

  Interactive materials, patient care information, and continuing education programs are now available for these 4 categories of care as well as for other conditions such as traumatic wounds, health care-associated infections, pressure ulcers, malnutrition, and dehydration.

  Patientcare-edu.com is geared toward nurses, CNAs, discharge planners, and home caregivers. The information and continuing education programs are free of charge and users do not need to register or provide any personal information to access materials.

  Visit www.coviden.com for more information.