Prevention of Health care associated infections represents one of the major safety initiatives a health care organization can undertake. Effective infection prevention and control requires an integrated, responsive process involving collaboration by many programs, services and settings throughout a health care system. Learn how to develop, implement and evaluate your organizations IC program based on the revised 2009 Infection Prevention and Control Standards
Objectives:
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:
1. formulate an IC program that meets the key challenges of IC, while maintaining IC standards compliance
2. develop strategies that improve IC performance, effective surveillance and data reporting
3. utilize successful tools and strategies for revising IC program components for key challenges
Speakers:
Louise Kuhny, RN, MPH, MBA, CIC, Senior Associate Director - Standards Interpretation,
The Joint Commission
Barbara Moore Soule, MPA, RN, CIC, Practice Leader, Infection Prevention and Control, Joint Commission Resources