Infection Control – #1 Survey Deficiency and Ways to Address the Problem (LIVE WEBINAR DATE) August 15, 2019

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Infection control has been the #1 survey deficiency for the last several years nationally. The CDC and CMS have partnered in fighting this battle as at least 300,000 persons as of 2017 have died annually in nursing homes due to infections. Infection control has been found deficient nationally and according CMS is at a rate of 11.7% in 2019 with 549 homes having been surveyed (https:qcor.cms.gov). Infection control is not just the job of the Infection Control Preventionist. What has your nursing home done to enhance your staff’s performance in the area of infection control? What has your nursing facility done to address infection control prevention? This webinar will identify deficiencies found during survey and explore ways to enhance your infection control program.

OBJECTIVES:

Understand frequent deficiencies related to infection control
Recognize 3 – 5 modifications to enhance their infection control plan
Identify 3 areas to enhance staff performance related to infection control

TARGET AUDIENCE:

DON / ADON / Nursing Staff
Administrators
Other Interdisciplinary Team Members

CEU- 1.5

Administrator

LifeSpan Member: $55.00

Nonmember: $100.00

Linda Winston RN, MSN, BS, RAC-CT, DNS-MT, QCP-MT (Moderator)

Consultant, AANAC Master Teacher

Linda is a QAPI and RAC-CT (MDS 3.0) certified master teacher and has been a nurse for over 30 years, with almost 15 years as a Director of Nursing. Linda has filled many roles in the long-term care setting, including staff nurse, supervising nurse, nurse educator and administrator. Linda’s focus on improving resident care has driven her to a leadership role in the areas of the survey and certification processes, resident assessment, and clinical approaches to the improvement and prevention of skin alterations.

Ronald G. Perry, BS, RPh (Moderator)

Director of Clinical Services Partners Pharmacy

Ronald Perry is Director of Clinical Services for Partners Pharmacy where he oversees Partner’s clinical pharmacy programs, formulary applications and consultant pharmacist services. Before joining Partners Pharmacy, Ron was Senior VP of Pharmacy Services for Fundamental Clinical and Operational Services, a healthcare company operating skilled nursing facilities, hospitals and rehab clinics. Prior to Fundamental, Ron was VP of Utilization Management for PharMerica.

This program is sponsored by The Beacon Institute and approved for 1.5 continuing education credits / contact hours.

Administrator This program is approved by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Boards of Examiners of Long Term Care Administrators.

Cancellation Policy

There is no refund for On-Demand programs.