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AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE OR CD

Sponsored by “Infection Control Manual for Hospitals, 2nd edition”

presented on December 8, 2006

Emerging infectious diseases and bioterrorism threats are among the toughest challenges facing the nation’s emergency rooms. Is your ED prepared?

Stay ahead of the headlines by getting the latest info about emerging infectious diseases in the ED so you can educate and collaborate with ED nurses and physicians.

Listen to this 90-minute audioconference and learn how to evaluate and rethink your strategies as an infection control professional in the ED in the face of emerging disease threats. During Emerging diseases in the ED: Strategies for Infection Control Professionals, experts Libby Chinnes, RN, BSN, CIC, and Douglas Salvador MD MPH, teach you and your nursing colleagues from the ED how to implement strategies to improve patient safety and quality of care by preventing transmission of infections in the ED, with a focus on understanding increased risks of exposure and symptoms seen in the ED, and the changing epidemiology of community-acquired MRSA.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of this audioconference, you will be able to

1. Identify why the ED faces greater risks of exposure to infectious diseases
2. Describe the symptoms of a series of emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases seen in the ED 
3. Understand the changing epidemiology of community-acquired MRSA
4. Describe strategies for better surveillance of emerging infectious diseases in the ED
5. Implement strategies to prevent transmission of infections in the ED

AGENDA

1. Why EDs are the center stage for emerging diseases
   • ED overcrowding
   • Decrease in the number of EDs
   • Increased wait times in EDs
   • ED workers with less time and more duties
2. Re-emergence of diseases in the ED
   • Respiratory diseases
1. Influenza
2. Community-acquire pneumonia
3. SARS
4. TB
• Community-acquired MRSA
• Mumps/measles
• Bioterrorism diseases
  1. Smallpox
  2. Anthrax
  3. Plague
  4. Botulism
• Others
3. Tips on how to better conduct surveillance of these illnesses and recognize symptoms
• Latest trends in electronic surveillance
• What symptoms should prompt questions about emerging diseases
• Tip sheet for ED triage of emerging diseases
4. Steps to prevent infection to others in the ED and beyond
   • Patient safety initiatives
   • Bundle strategies
   • Healthcare worker protection
5. Q&A

ABOUT THE FACULTY

Libby Chinnes, RN, BSN, CIC, has her own independent infection control consulting practice, IC Solutions, LLC, in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. She has over 25 years of experience in infection prevention and control and had been certified in the field since 1983. She provides consultation to infection control programs in assessment, problem solving, and training in acute care, long term care, ambulatory care, home care, and long term-acute care and serves as a consultant to healthcare industries. Ms. Chinnes has served in many roles on her state and national professional organization, APIC (Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology), and is a frequent speaker at APIC's ICE I course for new practitioners (currently renamed EPI 101) and national APIC. She is published in the field and has lectured extensively on infection prevention and control topics throughout the United States.

Douglas Salvador MD MPH, is the Associate Chief Medical Officer/Patient Safety Officer at Maine Medical Center in Portland, ME. As an epidemiologist, he has held the positions of Director of Infection Control at Kindred Hospital Northeast (Braintree, MA) and Antibiotic Steward at South Shore Hospital (South Weymouth, MA). He was also Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Tufts-New England Medical Center. Salvador continues to work as an infectious disease clinician caring for hospitalized patients with infectious diseases problems, serving on the Editorial Board of Medical Environment Update. He is a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Hospital Epidemiologists of America

WHO SHOULD LISTEN:

Infection Control Professionals, Nurses, ED directors, ED physicians and staff, EMS

BONUS TOOLS INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIALS PACKET:

In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audioconference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and tools including:

1.  Tip sheet for triage
2.  Chart: list of diseases and common manifestations
3.  Excerpt from Briefings on Infection Control 

Program materials are provided with PDF links. 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.

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