Elements Needed to Create Effective IPC Programs

August 21, 2025

Description 

This webinar will review the impact of interprofessional IPC work in healthcare facilities, including HAI reduction, improving clinical operations, maintaining regulatory compliance, and improving financial and reputational metrics. Presenters will focus on the collaborative roles of infection preventionist, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals, recommended staffing levels, required expertise, and how to effectively structure IPC programs to ensure a team-based approach to infection prevention.

Target Audience

Infection preventionists and healthcare epidemiologists currently serving in leadership roles or interested in growing into leadership roles.

Learning Objectives

 
Learners will be able to do the following after attending this activity:
 
  1. Recognize current major areas of impact of IPC work.
  2. Identify necessary staffing levels and interdisciplinary expertise needed for effective IPC implementation.
  3. Explain how to structure effective IPC programs that fosters interprofessional collaboration.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ABIM MOC
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Nursing Contact Hours
  • 1.00 Participation
Course opens: 
08/05/2025
Course expires: 
08/05/2028
Event starts: 
08/21/2025 - 2:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
08/21/2025 - 3:00pm EDT
Cost:
$0.00
Part of: 
Raising the Bar: How to Advocate for Resources for Effective IPC Teams
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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. 
 

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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 1.00 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 1.00 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 1.00 CNE credit. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Available Credit

  • 1.00 ABIM MOC
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Nursing Contact Hours
  • 1.00 Participation

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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