Prevent HAIs through Evidence-Based Practices
Meet the January 1 Deadline for NPSG 7
Product Description:
Webcast on CD or Webcast On-Demand
Sponsored by Patient Safety Monitor
presented on December 16, 2009
Meet the Joint Commission's January 1, 2010 deadline for infection control compliance
Learn from HCPro's webcast that details evidenced-based methods you can use immediately to accurately document compliance of NPSGs 7 and 13. Expert speakers Peggy Prinz Luebbert, MS, MT (ASCP), CIC, CHSP, and Deborah Hylander, MSN, RN, CIC, COHN-S, who have been on the receiving end of multiple unannounced surveys, explain how to avoid healthcare-associated infections and interpret the standards within the context of your specific facility.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this webcast, you will be able to:
- Adequately document compliance for surveys
- Determine the evidence-based components of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's central line-associate infection and ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention bundles
- Illustrate the evidence-based interventions for reducing the risk of surgical site infections
- State the risk factors for MDRO infection
- Describe the methods for measuring compliance with NPSG 7 and 13
- Implement effective methods of educating patients, employees, and visitors about infection prevention
TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA
- National Patient Safety Goal 7 components
- Tracking and preventing multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO)
- Tracking and preventing surgical site infections
- Using prevention bundles to eliminate central-line associated bloodstream infections and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
- Implementing practical methods for hand hygiene compliance
- Understanding best disinfection and sterilization practices
- Education
- Document compliance
- Learn from previous Joint Commission surveys
- Implement practical processes for compliance
- Involve staff, patients, and family
- Use tracers for ongoing survey readiness
- Question and answer session
BONUS TOOLS
With this webcast, you'll receive a slide presentation of the program materials and valuable takeaways, which you can use at your facility, including:
- Flow of sterilization of surgical items tracer
- Patient with MRSA infection tracer
- SSI tracer template
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Peggy Prinz Luebbert, MS, MT (ASCP), CIC, CHSP, consultant/owner. Healthcare Interventions (Omaha, NE). Prinz Luebbert consults with healthcare facilities throughout the United States and recently worked with five hospitals that just completed successful Joint Commission surveys. A medical technologist with a master's degree, she has worked in infection control and healthcare safety for more than 20 years and has published and lectured extensively on a national level. She is certified in infection control and healthcare safety.
Deborah Hylander, MSN, RN, CIC, COHN-S. Hylander has extensive experience as a director of infection control and employee safety, and also serves as faculty in nursing education. She is certified in infection control and possesses extensive knowledge of public health, infection control, and regulatory agency requirements. She specializes in assisting healthcare organizations with the interpretation and implementation of strategies to meet the challenges of healthcare regulations.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
- Survey coordinator
- Patient safety officer
- Risk manager
- Infection control officer
- Iinfection preventionist
- Nurse manager
- Director of quality
- VP of patient care
- Clinical leadership
- Performance improvement
- Hospital administrators
- ICU leadership and staff
WEBCAST ON-DEMAND
We are pleased to offer a new option: webcast on-demand. When you purchase a webcast on-demand, you will be able to view the program anywhere and any time by logging into your account. It's a perfect training tool for new staff or a refresher for veteran staff.
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