Date/Time: 06/12/2024, 12:00 pm
Provider: FHPCA
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Infection surveillance, prevention, and control remain critical as healthcare continues to shift to post-acute care settings.
This webinar will delve into the elements of a comprehensive, compliant infection control and prevention (ICP) program. It will also explore the characteristics of an effective QAPI program and how ICP data can be integrated.
AFTER THIS WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:
- Define the requirements and key elements of an infection control and prevention program
- Describe the benefits of a comprehensive surveillance program
- Address how to establish and implement a comprehensive surveillance program
- Identify which assessment tools to incorporate into your program
- Integrate and report infection control surveillance data into your QAPI report
WEBINAR DETAILS
Preventing infection is a critical aspect of delivering quality care and improving patient outcomes. As healthcare continues to move toward value-based reimbursement, it is essential to an organization’s financial performance to integrate comprehensive surveillance into their
infection control and prevention program.
This webinar will plumb the depths of a comprehensive surveillance program for infection control and prevention, including requirements, tools, and process, as well as trends, data, and observations to watch, and how to identify actions to implement and respond to for patients, caregivers, and staff.
THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:
- Hospice
- Home Health
- Home Care
- Palliative Care
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This informative session is directed to agency clinical leadership, management, QA staff, educators, medical directors, administrators, nursing directors, IT staff, clinical liaisons who serve the community, and staff who work within the skilled nursing facilities and support the infection preventionist.
TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT
- Guide to a Comprehensive ICP – Wolters Kluwer
- CDC infection control assessment tool, outpatient/LTC
- 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene
- Risk assessment tool for infection prevention and control
- Training log
- PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
- Attendance certificate provided, however there are no pre-approved CEs associated with this webinar
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