C&C: Management of IPC in Behavioral Health

July 24, 2025
Grab your favorite beverage, turn on your camera, and join the conversation! This is an interactive virtual networking forum where small breakout groups will discuss challenges, share insights, and collaborate. Moderators will then guide a larger group discussion to bring key takeaways together. Participants are expected to join with video and audio enabled to engage fully—this is not a didactic session! This event will not be recorded to encourage open discussion. Open to SHEA members only.
 
We will begin with an introduction of the topic before moving into breakout rooms to discuss the questions listed below. Please feel free to bring your own questions, ideas, and stories. 
 
  1. How is hand hygiene performed and what products are used by healthcare personnel in your behavioral health units? How is adherence to hand hygiene recommendations monitored?
  2. Shared therapeutic items are essential to the behavioral health patient’s healing. What type of infection prevention guidelines/policies have been implemented at your institution to prevent the transmission of pathogens and are they different depending on the pathogen (e.g., CRE, C. auris, MRSA )?
  3. Are contact isolation precautions routinely implemented in your behavioral health units? Which pathogens or microorganisms warrant contact precautions in your behavioral health unit? 
  4. Are universal masking protocols implemented during the peak of respiratory viral season at your behavioral health units? Do COVID-19 infection clusters still result in behavioral health diversions at your institution? How does your institution define high risk exposure to  COVID-19 and what is your testing protocol?
 
Moderator(s):
Bernard Camins, MD
Mount Sinai Health System
Course summary
Course opens: 
07/03/2025
Course expires: 
07/25/2025
Event starts: 
07/24/2025 - 2:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
07/24/2025 - 3:00pm EDT
Cost:
$0.00
Part of: 
Converse & Convene 2025
Add to calendar: 
  • Welcome
  • House Keeping Review
  • Moderator Overview of Topic
  • Break Out Discussions
  • Large Group Discussion/Recap
  • Farewell

Price

Cost:
$0.00
Please login or register to take this course.
  1. Click the 'Access Course' button above
  2. Click the 'Start' button 
  3. Register via zoom with the link provided on the screen
  4. After completing zoom registration, please check your email for the zoom link which you will use to join the event
If you are receiving an ENROLLMENT RESTRICTION message, the system is not recognizing you as an Active Member of SHEA. Please contact [email protected] for assistance. 

Required Hardware/software

Converse & Convene utilizes Zoom meetings. You will be able to join our event by using the zoom link provided to you upon registering.
 
If this is your first Zoom meeting on your device, visit https://zoom.us/download.
*Please note: this only needs to be done once for any device on which you use Zoom for the first time. Please do this well in advance of the meeting.