Are you doing all you can to eliminate HAIs and maintain reimbursement?

Infection control is a hot area in 2012 and it is essential that hospitals focus their attention on this important area. There are about 2 million healthcare-associated infections and 100,000 deaths in U.S. hospitals each year according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). CMS has 10 hospital acquired conditions (HACs) in which there will be no additional money paid and infections is one of these categories. 

During this 90-minute webinar, nurse attorney Sue Dill Calloway will cover in detail The Joint Commission infection prevention and control chapter (IC) and contrast CMS hospital CoP related infection control standards.  Even hospitals that are not Joint Commission accredited should seriously consider attending this program to help assess infection control risks and functions of their infection control plan/program. 

Learning Objectives:

• Recall why The Joint Commission has standards on infection prevention and control
• Discuss the importance of infection control in healthcare today including the value of a strict survey process
• Discuss how not doing infection control well could cost hospitals a lot of money
• Describe why the point of care devices like a glucometer must be cleaned between patient use
• Recall the issue that single dose medications may only be used on one patient

Target Audience:

• Infection Preventionist
• Chief nursing officer
• Chief operating officer
• Nurse educator
• Hospital epidemiologists
• Infection control committee
• Nurses and nurse managers
• PI director
• Joint Commission coordinator
• CMS regulatory director
• 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 webinar for the one you originally registered for.

Recorded: Wednesday, February 15, 2011