Compendium of Strategies to Prevent HAIs 2022/2023 Updates: Implementation Strategies for Prevention & Hand Hygiene (On-Demand)

Description 

This webinar is part of the Compendium of Strategies to Prevent HAIs series. This webinar will review the 2022/2023 updates to the SHEA Implementation and Hand Hygiene guidelines with focus on the standard approach to implementation, assessing determinants of change, choosing appropriate measures and selecting a framework, as well as a summary of the new hand hygiene content on glove use and prevention and environmental contamination from the 2023 Compendium.  In addition, some of the most difficult hand hygiene issues will be explored to include the role fingernails play in hand hygiene and what measurement strategies are most effective for improvement in hand hygiene compliance.

Target Audience

Multidisciplinary healthcare teams including but not limited to Healthcare Epidemiologist, Infection Preventionists, Nurses and those involved with Infection Control, Public Health, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety looking to collaborate to implement evidence-based practices, in particular for HAI prevention and to improve hand hygiene practices in their organization.

Learning Objectives

Implementation:
  1. Develop and incorporate a standard approach to implementing HAI prevention interventions in healthcare institutions.
  2. Demonstrate confidence in supporting HAI prevention within your healthcare team and healthcare setting through effective implementation of Compendium recommendations.
Hand Hygiene:
  1. Describe the implementation of appropriate glove use and how to take steps to reduce environmental contamination associated with sinks and sink drains.    
  2. Effectively collaborate with the healthcare team on decision-making related to fingernail policies and hand hygiene measurement strategies.

 

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
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC point’s 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.
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    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.
  • 1.00 Participation
Course opens: 
07/07/2023
Course expires: 
07/07/2024
Member cost:
$0.00
Cost:
$50.00

Speakers:

Joshua K. Schaffzin, MD, PhD
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
No relevant financial relationships to disclose
 
Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, MS, CIC, FSHEA
UNC Medical Center
No relevant financial relationships to disclose 

Moderator:

Eleena Bower, MPH, RN, LSSGB, CIC
Good Samaritan Hospital
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
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC point’s 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.
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    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.
  • 1.00 Participation

Price

Member cost:
$0.00
Cost:
$50.00
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