Leveraging Patient Safety Culture & Clinical Team Engagement to Reduce HAIs

Description

This two-part course will introduce healthcare epidemiologists and infection prevention personnel to the key tenets of patient safety culture for developing and executing team-based interventions to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). This includes an overview of patient safety principles and the link between patient safety culture and clinical outcomes. The course will also provide practical tools and guidance for working within healthcare teams, engaging frontline clinicians to implement infection prevention initiatives to reduce HAIs.
 
 
Webinars in this course:
 
  • Patient Safety Culture as a Tool for Preventing HAIs | July 30, 2025 @ 1:30- 2:30 pm ET
  • Applying Principles of Patient Safety Culture to Engage Frontline Clinicians in Initiatives to Reduce HAIs | TBD

Target Audience

 
  • Healthcare Epidemiologists (Infection Preventionist, Medical Director for Infection Prevention, etc.)
  • Patient Safety Officer

Learning Objectives

 
After participating in this activity, learners will be able to:
 
  1. Recognize key patient safety principles and how they apply to reducing HAIs.
  2. Identify strategies for engaging frontline clinicians and healthcare teams in infection prevention initiatives.
  3. Assess the usefulness of patient safety culture interventions on infection rates, clinical outcomes and team effectiveness.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 Nursing Contact Hours
  • 2.00 Participation
Course opens: 
07/07/2025
Course expires: 
07/07/2028
Member cost:
$0.00
Cost:
$100.00
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. 
 

Planners:

Alison Galdys, MD
University of Minnesota Medical Center
No relevant financial relationships to disclose
 
Sarah L. Krein, PhD, RN
Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and University of Michigan
No relevant financial relationships to disclose
 
Shillah Nakato, MPH
Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University
No relevant financial relationships to disclose
 
Christina Yen, MD
Maine Medical Center
No relevant financial relationships to disclose
 
 
SHEA's 2025 LearningCE Program Committee assisted with the development of this program. You can view the 2025 LearningCE Program Committee Roster and Disclosures.

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 activity for a maximum of 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

NURSES:

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.00 CNE credit. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Available Credit

  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 Nursing Contact Hours
  • 2.00 Participation
 
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Leveraging Patient Safety Culture & Clinical Team Engagement to Reduce HAIs
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Patient Safety Culture as a Tool for Preventing HAIs
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Member cost:
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Cost:
$100.00
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This course consists of multiple sessions, and the webinars are available exclusively as part of the complete course.

 

To register & access course: 

  • Click the Add to Cart button and complete the checkout process. Once registered, you’ll automatically be enrolled in any upcoming sessions.
  • You’ll receive email reminders with Zoom access details on the day of each session. Be sure to check your inbox (and spam folder) for those emails.

Can’t attend live? You can still access the content—just be sure to register in advance!

The live webinars will be recorded, and all registrants will receive access to the recording and presentation materials after the event. Please note:
 
  • Registration closes at the end of the live broadcast.
  • Participation during a session's live broadcast is required to earn credit for that session; recordings are for viewing purposes only.
  • If you're not seeking credit and simply want access to the information, you're welcome to register even if you can't attend live—just make sure to register before the date of the first session to gain access to all content.

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