CMS is planning infection control inspections of hospitals so every hospital needs ensure all staff is familiar with the CMS hospital conditions of participation on infection control. CMS has also announced that in the future there will be a very detailed infection control worksheet that will be completed regarding infection control issues. If hospitals do not get this right, it will also cost them a lot of money! CMS will start reporting each hospital’s scores and reduce payments by 1% to hospitals with the highest rate of medical errors and infections starting in 2015.

Report for this 90-minute webinar where nurse attorney Sue Dill Calloway will explain why hospitals must have good infection control practices in place or face denial of reimbursement. Therefore, it is important that your infection preventionist and staff be up to date on this essential information.

Learning Objectives:

• Recall which policies and procedures are required by CMS in the area of infection control
• Discuss why CMS is proposing to use an infection control worksheet
• Discuss why CMS requires that the national standards of care and practice must be followed by CDC, SHEA, APIC, OSHA, and AORN
• List the CMS required infection control officer’s responsibilities in measuring, identifying, preventing and controlling infection

Target Audience:

• Infection control nurse or coordinator (infection control professionals, now called infection preventionists by APIC)
• Chief nursing officer
• Nurse educator
• Hospital epidemiologists
• Infection control committee
• Nurses and nurse managers
• PI director
• Joint Commission coordinator
• Risk manager
• Senior leadership
• Board members
• Lab director
• Patient safety officer
• Compliance officer
• Dietician
• Maintenance director and staff
• Housekeeping (Environmental Services)
• Anyone interested or responsible for infection control

Level: All levels

Meet Your Expert:  

Sue Dill Calloway is a nurse attorney and medical-legal consultant. She has done many educational programs for nurses, physicians, and other health care providers. She has spoken internationally on patient safety, risk management, legal, regulatory, and CMS and Joint Commission issues. She has authored over a thousand articles and a hundred books including a book on the Compliance Guide to the Joint Commission, CMS Patient Rights Standards and a book on 2009 Joint Commission Leadership and many books on nursing law and nursing law and ethics.  

Her associate degree is from Central Ohio Technical College and Ohio State University. Her BA, BSN in Nursing, MSN in nursing (summa cum laude) and JD degree (law degree with honors) are from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.

Accreditation Statement:

AHC Media is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Credit Designation:

This activity has been approved for 1.5 nursing contact hours using a 60-minute contact hour.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 14749, for 1.5 Contact Hours.

Sponsor:

The sponsor of this educational activity is AHC Media.

Refund Policy:

If you are not able to attend for any reason, please notify us as soon as possible. Webinar cancellations received prior to the start time of the webinar are fully refundable. If you prefer, you may substitute an upcoming webianr for the one you originally registered for.

Recorded: Wednesday, February 8, 2011