AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE, CD OR AUDIO ARCHIVE
Sponsored by Briefings on Hospital Safety
presented on July 16, 2007
New constructions, renovations, and routine maintenance activities pose many potential safety and infection control risks at your hospital. Consider this:
During routine preventative maintenance, workers in a California facility learned that sewer lines were blocked by a buildup of a lanolin-based handwash product. The workers used compressed air to assist in removing the gel-like blockage. However, they used too much pressure and blew out a section of sewer line. Consequently, a deluge of raw sewage filled the ceiling compartment on the floor below, which housed scrub sink areas and 14 operating rooms.
Crews had to work round-the-clock for a week to clean up the mess, followed by intensive biological testing of the area to be sure it was safe. Along with the obvious sewer contamination and related structural damage, there was considerable fungal contamination of the ceiling space.
Don’t let seemingly innocuous projects in your hospital go awry.
Increase building safety and infection control in your facility.
Listen to this 90 minute audioconference during which our experts will look at the most current requirements for best healthcare maintenance, renovation, and construction activities. This program also offers best practices for implementing and monitoring staff and contractor education programs.
AGENDA
- Recent infection control and construction updates from regulators
- Find out about the American Institute of Architects 2006 edition of its hospital construction guidelines
- Learn what standards The Joint Commission will focus on
- Hear about inattention given to this topic by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Keeping lines of communication open with infection control professionals during facility maintenance planning and project design phase
- Learn how to involve infection control professionals early in the project planning stages
- Find out the latest tips for completing an infection control risk assessment
- Setting up sound project containment and control programs to address infection control and safety issues
- Learn about project containment strategies
- Understand how infection control and environmental safety interweave with renovation and maintenance activities
- Find out why poorly written interim life safety measure policies are a big threat for immediate conditional accreditation from The Joint Commission
- Learn how to conduct weekly or daily rounds to monitor hazards
- Best practices for implementing and monitoring a contractor and staff education program
- Learn how to use frontline staff members as your eyes and ears during projects
- Discover effective ways to educate contractors and hospital staff about infection prevention concerns prior to the start of a project
- Find out how to best use permits (e.g., for hot work, above-ceiling work, etc.) to track activities
- Question & Answer Session
At the conclusion of this program, you’ll be able to:
- Recognize recent infection control and construction updates from the American Institute of Architects, The Joint Commission, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Understand the importance of keeping lines of communication open with infection control professionals during facility maintenance planning and project design phases.
- Explain how to set up sound project containment and control programs to address infection control and safety issues.
- Identify best practices for implementing and monitoring an education program.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Joan M. Wideman, MS, MS, MT(ASCP)SLS, CIC is an infection control/environmental safety consultant with over three decades of experience in healthcare and a diverse educational background including two master of science degrees. She has worked on healthcare construction projects since the mid-1990s and is active in several professional organizations. Ms. Wideman has written articles and book chapters in addition to being a contributing author and section editor for the APIC Text of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Second Edition. She is also the editor of the APIC Ready Reference.
Wayne Hansen, PE, REA, CEM, has over 35 years experience in mechanical engineering, energy conservation, and indoor air quality engineering. He is a registered professional engineer in seven states, and a registered environmental assessor with the California Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Hansen has been active in the teaching and training arena with several professional groups including the American Society for Healthcare Engineering, and has written several books on the topic of preventing healthcare associated infections during construction.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Safety officers, facility directors, infection control professionals, engineering staff, directors of plant operations, construction managers.
NEW PURCHASE OPTION
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