Compendium of Strategies to Prevent HAIs 2022/2023 Updates: CDI & MRSA

August 24, 2023

Description 

This webinar is part of the Compendium of Strategies to Prevent HAIs series. The purpose of this webinar is to update healthcare personnel on the latest science that drives the practice of prevention of C. difficile and MRSA infection in acute care hospitals presented in the recently published SHEA compendia. Essential practices and additional approaches for CDI and MRSA prevention, as well as controversial and unresolved issues will be discussed, particularly those that have been updated since the previous compendia published in 2014.

Target Audience

Physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, pharmacists, hospital support staff (e.g., environmental services), infection preventionists.

Learning Objectives

  1. Review updates to the SHEA CDI and MRSA Compendia
  2. Describe the specific roles that various members of the healthcare team provide for implementation of essential and additional IPC practices for CDI and MRSA prevention
  3. Discuss implementation barriers for healthcare team providing reasoning behind each challenging recommendation.
 

Note: If you are unable to attend this live webinar, we will be recording and making it on-demand within 24 hours of the end webinar time.

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ABIM MOC
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Participation
Course opens: 
08/07/2023
Course expires: 
08/07/2024
Event starts: 
08/24/2023 - 1:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
08/24/2023 - 2:00pm EDT
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Cost:
$50.00
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Speakers:

Larry K. Kociolek, MD, MSCI, FSHEA, FPIDS
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
No relevant financial relationships to disclose
 
Kyle Popovich, MD, MS
Rush University Medical Center 
No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Moderator:

Harjot K. Singh, MD, ScM, FIDSA
Weill Cornell Medicine
No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Planners:

Eleena Bower, MPH, RN, LSSGB, CIC
Good Samaritan Hospital
No relevant financial relationships to disclose
 
Justin Hayes, MD, MPH
University of Arizona College of Medicine
No relevant financial relationships to disclose
 
Sarah Krein, PhD, RN
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and University of Michigan
No relevant financial relationships to disclose
 
Harjot K. Singh, MD, ScM, FIDSA
Weill Cornell Medicine
No relevant financial relationships to disclose
 
Katie Suda, PharmD, MS 
University of Pittsburgh 
No relevant financial relationships to disclose

 

The 2023 Webinar Program Planning Committee assisted with the development of this program. You can view the 2023 LearningCE Program Committee Roster and Disclosures.

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physicians: The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America designates this internet live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC STATEMENT

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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Available Credit

  • 1.00 ABIM MOC
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Participation

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