Infection Control During Construction and Renovation
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Joint Commission Compliance
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Audio Conference on CD or Audio On-Demand
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presented on February 25, 2009
Many hospitals have risk assessment plans in place for new construction and large renovations, but smaller jobs often fall through the cracks. Maintenance you take for granted can cause serious complications in a hospital setting—such as the introduction of dust or debris from something as simple as removing a ceiling panel. Keep your patients and staff safe and avoid a requirement for improvement (RFI) during your next Joint Commission survey by making infection control during construction protocols a priority at your facility.
Ensure that maintenance projects at your facility are conducted with patient safety and infection control in mind.
Listen to HCPro for the 90-minute audio conference Infection Control During Construction and Renovation: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Joint Commission Compliance. Safety experts Marge McFarlane, CHSP, MS, MT (Sacred Heart Hospital) and Thomas J. Huser, MS, CHSP (Clarian Health) show you how to conduct risk assessments, develop a proactive plan to prepare for projects of any size, and remain in compliance with The Joint Commission. The speakers explain the need for a multidisciplinary approach—from achieving buy-in from high-ranking hospital administrators to educating contractors on how to maintain a safe, sterile hospital environment. Attendees will also receive a comprehensive toolkit to help you ensure the safety of every construction project.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this audio conference, you will be able to:
- Describe The Joint Commission's requirements for preconstruction
- Develop a risk assessment process for construction projects in your facility
- Assemble a multidisciplinary team according to the scope of the project
- Identify the training that your organization needs to conduct
- Develop strategies or incentives to get construction workers' buy-in to the hospital's requirements
- Recognize how to enforce the standards
TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA:
- The impact of construction on the functional environment
- Facility safety concerns
- Patient safety concerns
- IC concerns
- Regulatory issues-The Joint Commission, CMS reimbursement
- Building an interdisciplinary team
- Who are the stakeholders?
- Educating staff and patients
- Selecting and educating contractors
- Preconstruction risk assessments
- Identifying risk-based criteria during planning and preconstruction
- Assessing potential risks
- Mitigating risks
- Implementing effective controls during construction
- Monitoring building projects
- Ongoing risk assessment
- Achieving buy-in from staff and contractors
- Documenting compliance
- Question & answer session
BONUS TOOLS
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and a comprehensive toolkit to help you ensure the safety of every construction project including:
- A sample infection control risk assessment (ICRA)
- A construction risk assessment form
- A daily inspection checklist
- Infection control construction permit
- Infection control construction training attendance record
- Infection control site review
These materials are provided with PDF links.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Marge McFarlane, CHSP, MS, MT, Wisconsin Hospital Preparedness Program Exercise (HSEEP) Coordinator, part time safety coordinator, Sacred Heart Hospital (Eau Claire, WI). McFarlane has previous experience as the lead for the Environment of Care Committee at Sacred Heart. She is involved in a wide range of activities related to emergency preparedness at the hospital, county, regional, and state levels. She has more than 34 years of hospital experience and is a frequent presenter in the area of safety, bloodborne pathogens, infection control for construction, emergency preparedness, and hospital exercise design.
Thomas J. Huser, MS, CHSP, safety coordinator, emergency management and hazardous materials, Clarian Health, (Indianapolis, IN). Huser's specific responsibilities include hazardous materials and emergency preparedness. He has more than 25 years experience in healthcare safety and he has published several articles on topics including: disaster drill planning, emergency decontamination, the Incident Command System, and the Hazard Communication Program. He is the author of The Environment of Care Compliance Manual: A Guide to the Joint Commission Standards, Fourth Edition, published by HCPro.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Professionals in all hospital settings (along with critical access, nursing homes, ambulatory care centers, and any facility accredited by The Joint Commission), including the following titles and departments:
- Safety officer
- Facilities/plant operations director
- Infection control practitioners
- Infection preventionists
- Infection control managers
- Infection control directors
- Director of engineering
- Survey coordinator
- Vice president of operations
- Nurse supervisors
- Risk managers
- Construction managers
- Quality director
- Quality assurance director
AUDIO ON-DEMAND
In addition to the regular purchase options for HCPro audio conferences, we are pleased to offer another option, audio on-demand. Audio on-demand allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player. Purchase a CD or audio on-demand of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
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