Infection surveillance, prevention, and control remain critical as healthcare continues to shift to post-acute care settings. This webinar will delve into the elements of a comprehensive, compliant infection control and prevention (ICP) program. It will also explore the characteristics of an effective QAPI program and how ICP data can be integrated.

AFTER THIS WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

• Define the requirements and key elements of an infection control and prevention program
• Describe the benefits of a comprehensive surveillance program
• Address how to establish and implement a comprehensive surveillance program
• Identify which assessment tools to incorporate into your program
• Integrate and report infection control surveillance data into your QAPI report

WEBINAR DETAILS: Preventing infection is a critical aspect of delivering quality care and improving patient outcomes. As healthcare continues to move toward value-based reimbursement, it is essential to an organization’s financial performance to integrate comprehensive surveillance into their infection control and prevention program. This webinar will plumb the depths of a comprehensive surveillance program for infection control and prevention, including requirements, tools, and process, as well as trends, data, and observations to watch, and how to identify actions to implement and respond to for patients, caregivers, and staff.

THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES: Hospice, Home Health, Home Care, Palliative Care

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?  This informative session is directed to agency clinical leadership, management, QA staff, educators, medical directors, administrators, nursing directors, IT staff, clinical liaisons who serve the community, and staff who work within the skilled nursing facilities and support the infection preventionist

TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT:

• Guide to a Comprehensive ICP – Wolters Kluwer
• CDC infection control assessment tool, outpatient/LTC
• 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene
• Risk assessment tool for infection prevention and control
• Training log
• PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions

DON’T MISS THIS RELATED WEBINAR!

6 Core Compliance Practices for Infection Control & Prevention on Wednesday, November 13, 2024

NOTE: All materials are subject to copyright. Transmission, retransmission, or republishing of any webinar to other agencies or those not employed by your agency is prohibited. Print materials may be copied for eligible participants only.

MEET THE PRESENTER: Kathy Ahearn, RN, BSN, PHN, ALECC, Inc.

Kathy Ahearn has bachelor’s degrees in nursing and social work and is the CEO and founder of ALECC, Inc., which provides consulting on the post-acute care experience, ranging from clinical staff to executive leadership. She has a unique ability to identify agency challenges and opportunities and quickly provide education, support, and mentoring to organizations. Kathy began healthcare work due to a disabled parent and later a child living with chronic disease. She has experienced healthcare professionally and personally, dedicating her life to it and to working as a change agent for the betterment of all served.

Kathy helped develop pain scales to standardize assessment with the American Pain Society and the Joint Commission. She expanded into medical devices as a Managed Care Director, developing one of the first real-time cloud-based disease-specific software programs to assist patients, clinicians, and managed care organizations to improve outcomes and collect data.

REGISTRATION FEE:     Member- $159          Non-member- $229

This registration is for once connection only.

There are no cancellations or refunds.

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