AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE OR CD
sponsored by Briefings on Long-Term Care Regulations presented on May 18, 2006
This past January, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updates to its guidelines for the prevention of tuberculosis (TB) transmission—the first changes since 1994. And for the first time, the CDC has added long-term care facilities to the list of healthcare settings that should abide by the new guidelines. Though the CDC instructions are merely suggestions, regulators such as the JCAHO and OSHA have announced their intention to enforce compliance with the new guidelines.
Is your LTC facility prepared to meet these new expectations and prevent the spread of TB among residents and staff?
Learn how to assess and make needed improvements to your current TB plan by listening to "New tuberculosis guidelines for long-term care: Complying with the CDC's tough new TB standards." This 90-minute audioconference will provide skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and assisted living facilities (ALFs) with detailed help in interpreting and complying with these recent changes.
Your interactive guide the CDC's TB updates
Listen to our expert speakers filter out only the most essential, need-to-know information from the 147-page TB guidelines. You'll find out which of the CDC's changes affect your long-term care setting and get practical tips on how to comply with the updated guidelines.
Don't take risks with staff and patient safety and be prepared for any future JCAHO and OSHA requirements on following the TB guidelines! Purchase today for the advice you need to prevent TB transmission and meet new regulatory requirements.
PROGRAM AGENDA:
- Changes regarding the epidemiology of tuberculosis
- What has changed over the past 11 years
- Overview of new guidelines
- What has changed/what has stayed the same
- How this affects your tuberculosis control program
- Respiratory protection plan
- Changes that affect long term care facilities, including expense
- Skin testing
- Alternative to skin testing, new serologic test
- Risk assessments
- Environmental controls
- How to keep your residents safe
- Revising your plan
A Q & A session follows the presentation.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Distinguish the CDC’s new tuberculosis (TB) guidelines.
- List the steps you will need to take to assess your current TB control program for areas that need improvement.
- Identify elements to include in a new TB control program and respiratory protection plan that is in compliance with the new guidelines.
- Define environmental controls to keep your residents safe from TB.
Purchase a tape or CD of the program and listen when you can. It's a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Ruth Carrico, PhD, RN, CIC, Assistant Professor with the University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences. Dr. Carrico also provides consultative services for the Infection Control and Epidemiology Department at the University of Louisville Hospital. In addition, Ruth has an appointment as Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. With more than twenty-five years in healthcare, Dr. Carrico has focused her practice toward issues dealing with infectious diseases in the hospital and public health sectors. She has received training specific for hospital epidemiology and public health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta.
Renée Patterson, CSP, is the loss-control administrator for Tendercare/Michigan, Inc., the state’s largest long-term care provider. For the provider’s nursing homes, an assisted living center, and acute rehab hospital, she handles matters as wide ranging as loss prevention; employee, resident, and visitor safety; infection control policy; and corporate compliance and chart reviews for litigated claims. As a former infection control manager for a regional medical center, she has created customer service and training materials, developed and maintained compliance programs, conducted epidemiologic studies and investigations, crafted bioterrorism response plans, and created infection control policies and procedures.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN:
LTC administrators, DONs, risk managers, nursing/clinical staff, designated infection control professionals, safety officers, and consultants.
BONUS TOOLS and PROGRAM MATERIALS
In addition to the expert advice and guidance you'll receive during this program, we'll also provide you two valuable FREE bonus tools!
- A detailed NOTICE of what has changed and what has stayed the same
Program materials will be provided with PDF links.
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