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If there’s one training your hospital must take this year, it is this one. Infection control is a top priority for hospitals to address because healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) account for nearly $20 billion in healthcare costs every year.

This webinar series will cover the CMS infection control standards, proposed infection control standards for 2018, antibiotic stewardship program, and the Hospital Infection Control Worksheet. Our expert will address common deficiencies in infection control and provide tips to ensure compliance.

Prepare your team for 2018 changes!

Call us at 800.688.2421 or add this event to your cart above. 

 

Part 1: Infection Control Worksheet & Proposed Changes

The program will cover the Hospital Infection Control Worksheet, proposed infection control standards, and antibiotic stewardship program. Our expert will discuss vital memos on infection control issues, recommend tracer tools to match the worksheet, and review the Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction program that’s in effect for 2018.

Part 2: Infection Control Standards & Antibiotic Stewardship Program

This program will cover the CMS infection control standards and antibiotic stewardship program, TJC’s antibiotic stewardship program requirements, and CDC’s Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship. Attendees will learn about CDC and FDA’s updated procedures for cleaning, disinfecting, and sterilizing reusable medical devices, CDC’s Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit, CMS memos on infection control, safe injection practices, CRE, ISMP, and insulin pen memos.

 

After this webinar participants will be able to:

1. Explain the CMS requirements for safe injection practices and sharps safety.
2. Detail specific changes to the final infection control worksheet.
3. Describe the different tracer requirements that are now part of the infection control worksheet.
4. Outline CMS antibiotic stewardship program requirements.
5. Describe CMS' requirements for national standards of care.
6. Describe the mandatory education requirements for infection control.

Agenda topics:

- HAI & community-acquired infections	- Vaccines Storage and Handling Toolkit	- Infection control training program
- Bioterrorism & emergency preparedness	- Infection control memos & surveys	- Isolation airborne precautions
- 2018 proposed changes	- ISMP IV Push Guidelines	- Antibiotic stewardship
- Single use devices	- Infection Control Worksheet	- Checklist for outpatients
- CDC Vaccine Storage memo	- Safe injection practices	- Infection control policies
- PI process	- Cleaning & disinfection	- Outpatient guidelines
- Communicable diseases	- CRE & cleaning of scopes	- Log of incidents
- Infection prevention training & tools	- 29 Never Events	- Compliance with OSHA
- Nationally recognized standards	- Reprocessing non-critical items	And there's more!

 

Your order includes:  

• Recording of the presentation.
• Access to the specially created presentation handouts.

 

Your Speaker: Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD

Sue is a nurse attorney, medico-legal consultant and long-time educator for nurses, physicians, and other healthcare providers. She is a frequent speaker and is well known across the country in the areas of healthcare law, risk management, and patient safety. She has authored over 100 books and hundreds of articles. For AHC Media, she authored Cracking the Code: Understanding the CMS Hospital CoP Standards on Anesthesia.

Ms. Calloway received her Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing, and Doctor of Jurisprudence from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. Additionally, she is certified in healthcare risk management by the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management and is the first in the country to be certified in CMS regulatory compliance.