Meet the Experts Series – Part 4: “SSI Bundle Surveillance”
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3M Health Care Academy* presents…Meet the Experts Series – Part 4: “SSI Bundle Surveillance”
As a follow-up to Part 3 of our Meet the Experts Series, Dr. Randy Loftus will discuss the importance and compliance of basic infection preventative measures are often overlooked. Perioperative interventions such as patient decolonization, anesthesia work area hand hygiene, vascular care and environmental cleaning, when bundled, demonstrate a reduction in S. aureus transmission and Surgical Site Infections (SSI). This webinar reviews a current evidence based intraoperative infection control program aimed to reduce microorganism transmission and SSI.
Learning Objectives | At the end of this session, participants should be able to:
- Describe a multifaceted infection prevention program involving patient decolonization, anesthesia work area hand hygiene, vascular care and environmental cleaning
- Review recent clinical evidence supporting patient decolonization across care settings for reduction of HAI
- Discuss strategies to engage key stakeholders for multidisciplinary team approach for protocol development
- Share best practices decolonization protocols example for OR and ICU
Presenter: Dr. Randy Loftus, M.D. | Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine | University of Iowa
Target audience: Nurses & Sterile Processing Professionals
Continuing Education: 3M is an approved provider by The California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider Number CEP 5770. Each Device Reprocessing 1-hour web meeting is approved by IAHCSMM, CBSPD. These programs provide 1.0 CE contact hour. RN license number OR last four digits of Social Security Number is REQUIRED.
Questions should be directed to 3M*: 3MHealthCareAcademy@mmm.com | Phone 1-800-228-3957
* NOTE: This is a contracted supplier-sponsored webinar. HealthTrust has not approved and/or endorsed the content. This program may contain the mention of products, services, drugs or brands presented in a case study or comparative format. Such examples are intended for educational and informational purposes and should not be perceived as a HealthTrust endorsement of any particular supplier, product, service, drug, brand or approach.
