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Improving Infection Prevention and Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care: From Guidance to Practice
Join your colleagues to share experiences, discuss challenges, and advance resident safety and quality of care in long-term care! Through expert-led sessions, participants will review updated infection prevention and control (IPC) guidance and antibiotic initiation criteria, with a focus on improving clinical decision making and optimizing antibiotic use. Topics will address common, everyday challenges in long-term care, highlighting practical strategies to support effective infection control, improve clinical decision-making, and reduce unnecessary antibiotic exposure.
Please note, this is a 2-day workshop. Day 1, November 5, 1:00-5:15 pm ET and Day 2, November 6, 1:00-5:15 pm ET. Both days will kick off at 12:50 pm ET with introductions and overviews.
Pricing Information:
Before you purchase, you will be required to complete demographic information. We appreciate you completing this information. After you complete the required information, you will then be enrolled in the course. You will receive a confirmation email once you have successfully registered. Please note, this is a 2-day workshop. Registering gives you access to both days. We do not have single day registrations available.
| Registration Rates | |
| Member* | $199 |
| Non-Member | $259 |
| Fellow** | $59 |
*SHEA Members qualify for the Member Rate.
**Registration for fellows/students/trainees must be accompanied by a letter from their department chairs or advisors verifying their status when registering. Trainee status includes interns and residents. Click here to see an example letter. If you are a Fellow, please email [email protected] with the letter that states your Fellow/Student Status and SHEA will provide a discount code for you to register at the Fellow Rate. Otherwise, the appropriate rate will be automatically selected for you.
Target Audience
- Physicians and Physicians-in-training: potentially including all specialties/disciplines, eg:
- Hospitalists
- Internal Medicine
- Pediatricians
- Internists
- Family Practice/Primary Care
- Public Health
- Infection Preventionists
- Antimicrobial stewardship pharmacists and pharmacy residents
- Nurses and Nurse Practitioners
Learning Objectives
Following completion of this virtual workshop activity, learners will be able to:
- Recognize how the clinical complexity, functional status, and social environment of long-term care residents influence their risk for infection and inform tailored infection prevention and management strategies.
- Develop a practical framework to guide clinical decision-making when evaluating suspected infections in long-term care, particularly in situations with diagnostic uncertainty, incorporating updated criteria risk assessment and interprofessional collaboration.
- Discuss strategies to implement antibiotic stewardship and IPC approaches in long-term care, given evolving evidence and resource constraints.
- Apply key behavioral science theories to design strategies that encourage healthcare workers to adopt evidence-based best practices.
Limited Attendance! Waitlist will be available.
To ensure a more intimate and interactive experience, we're limiting the number of attendees for this virtual workshop. This will enable us to create smaller groups and breakout sessions, fostering richer and more meaningful discussions. Don't miss out on this opportunity to engage deeply with the material and your fellow participants – secure your spot today! If we reach capacity you will be able to sign up for the waitlist. If someone cancels their registration, we will pull in chronological order from the waitlist. We will notify you as soon as a spot becomes available.
Can I access the recordings?
Recordings of the didactic presentations will be exclusively provided to registered attendees for post-workshop access. Please note that recordings of workgroup discussions will not be available.
If you have already registered:
If you are looking to complete your evaluations and claim credit post workshop, click 'access course'. Session evaluations will open 15 minutes after their start time. Once these open you will be able to click “Access Course” to complete.
| Agenda Grid - Day 1 | Agenda Grid - Day 2 | |||
| All Times ET | All Times ET | |||
| 12:50 PM | Chair Welcome/Logistics | 12:50 PM | Chair Welcome/Logistics | |
| 1:00 PM | Hot Off the Press 1-2 | 1:00 PM | Barriers to Environmental Cleaning in LTC 1-1:45 | |
| 1:15 PM | 1:15 PM | |||
| 1:30 PM | 1:30 PM | |||
| 1:45 PM | 1:45 PM | Enhanced Barrier Precautions 1:45-2:30 | ||
| 2:00 PM | Thinking Upstream 2-245 | 2:00 PM | ||
| 2:15 PM | 2:15 PM | |||
| 2:30 PM | 2:30 PM | Break | ||
| 2:45 PM | Break | 2:45 PM | IPC Considerations - drug resistance 2:45-4 | |
| 3:00 PM | Numbers that Matter 3-3:45 | 3:00 PM | ||
| 3:15 PM | 3:15 PM | |||
| 3:30 PM | 3:30 PM | |||
| 3:45 PM | Vaccinating the Village 3:45-4:30 | 3:45 PM | ||
| 4:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Crossing the Care Continuum 4:00-5:15 | ||
| 4:15 PM | 4:15 PM | |||
| 4:30 PM | Identifying Sepsis 4:30-5:15 | 4:30 PM | ||
| 4:45 PM | 4:45 PM | |||
| 5:00 PM | 5:00 PM | |||
| Wrap Up 5:15 | Wrap Up 5:15 | |||
*Subject to change. This will be updated as speakers accept and finalize titles.
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standard for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all faculty and planning partners must disclose all financial relationship(s) with any ineligible company within the prior 24 months for any amount. SHEA identifies and mitigates all conflict of interest prior to delivering the educational activity to learners.
Program Committee
Yasaman (Yasi) Fatemi, MD, MSHP (Co-Chair)
Seattle Children's Hospital
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships
Matthew Washam, MD, MPH (Co-Chair)
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships
Melissa Campbell, MD
Duke University Hospital
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships
Hana Hakim, MD, MS, CIC
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships
Candace (Cece) Johnson, MD
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships
Larry Kociolek, MD, MSCI
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships
Speakers
*All of the relevant financial relationships listed have been mitigated
Accreditation Statements
In support of improving patient care, The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians:
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America designates this live activity for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABIM MOC Recognition Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 8 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to Joint Accreditation for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
By submitting a claim for ABIM MOC, you hereby give SHEA permission to share individual physician participation information with ABIM through JA PARS.
Nurses:
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America designates this live activity for a maximum of 8 CNE credit. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Pharmacists:
CPE Accreditation Statement for Pharmacists
SHEA is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. The Universal Activity Number for this program is TBD. This activity is acceptable for a maximum of 8 live CPE contact hours (6 CEUs) in states that recognize ACPE providers.
Upon completion of this ACPE-approved activity, participants will receive 8 credits on their NABP e-Profile section of the CPE Monitor. It is the participant's responsibility to upload the correct NABP number and date of birth when submitting your evaluation. The deadline for completing the evaluation for the live CE session is December 5, 2026. SHEA will upload all workshop CPE credits to NABP CPE Monitor accounts within 30 days of completion for the live CE session.
Evaluations will close on December 31, 2026 at 11:59 pm ET. Please note, those claiming Pharmacy credit have a deadline of December 5, 2026, at 11:59 pm ET.
Available Credit
- 7.00 American Board of Pediatrics - ABP
- 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 7.00 Nursing Contact Hours
- 7.00 Participation
Price
Please note, this is a 2-day workshop. Registering gives you access to both days. We do not have single day registrations available.
Registration for fellows/students/trainees must be accompanied by a letter from their department chairs or advisors verifying their status when registering. Trainee status includes interns and residents. Click here to see an example letter. If you are a Fellow, please email [email protected] with the letter that states your Fellow/Student Status and SHEA will provide a discount code for you to register at the Fellow Rate. Otherwise, the appropriate rate will be automatically selected for you.
This is also where you will be able to complete your session evaluations as well as overall evaluation for the course. In order to claim and receive credits, the evaluations of sessions you attended are required to be complete. Session evaluations will open 15 minutes after their start time. Once these open you will be able to click “Access Course” to complete. If you are claiming Pharmacy Credit, you must submit your evaluations no later than December 5, 2026. Evaluations will close on December 31, 2026 at 11:59 pm ET.
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