AGENDA Antibiotic overuse and spread of antibiotic resistant infections in the pandemic Time: 11:00 AM ET Speakers: Payal K. Patel, MD MPH, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Health System, Medical Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship, VA Ann Arbor Sponsored by: Value Institute for Health and Care at UT Austin, GOJO – The Makers of PURELL, RL Datix What led to antibiotic use in a viral pandemic and how can we optimize it in the future? This presentation gives details and data about antibiotic use in the pandemic and spread of antibiotic-resistant infections nationally and internationally. Better is Possible Time: 12:05 PM ET Speakers:Lori Moore, MPH, BSN, RN, CPPS, Clinical Educator, Healthcare, GOJO Industries Sponsored by: GOJO – The Makers of PURELL Hand hygiene is important, yet performance is still suboptimal in most healthcare facilities. Historically, the focus of hand hygiene improvement has been on the behavior of frontline healthcare workers. Training and education are usually the first-line countermeasures for improvement, and while a baseline level of knowledge is necessary, it’s largely insufficient to change ingrained hand hygiene habits. During this webinar, we’ll discuss how healthcare facilities can benefit from examining hand hygiene as a system or process problem rather than strictly a people problem. Implementation of CHG Bathing in an Academic Medical Center: Journey to reducing hospital acquired infections Time: 1:10 PM ET Speakers: Rebecca Fitzpatrick, Clinical Director Medical Practices, Clinical Practices, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Sponsored by: Molnlycke How does an Infection Preventionist implement a system wide process change to reduce hospital acquired infections? Join us as Dr. Fitzpatrick takes us through her journey to reduce infections at her hospital via daily patient bathing with CHG. She will cover HAI statistics, the key stakeholders involved, intervention strategies, the process change rollout plan, and the return on investment the hospital experienced. Panel discussion: Infection Control Strategies to Protect Care Teams and Patients Time: 2:15 PM ET Speakers: Ben Kanter, MD, FCCP, Chief Medical Information Officer, Vocera Communications, Inc. Marge McFarlane, PHD, MT(ASCP), CJCP, CHSP, CHFM, HEM, MEP, Partner, Superior Performance, LLC Sponsored by: Vocera Our panel discusses some of the biggest issues in healthcare risk management: Recommended infection prevention practices Hand hygiene Proper use of personal protective equipment Engineering controls and indoor air quality Patient placement and visitor access within the facility Infection Surveillance: Ensure Healthcare Continuity Today and Tomorrow Time: 3:20 PM ET Speakers: Yves Crehore, Director, Clinical Surveillance, RL Datix Peter Holt, Product Manager, Infection Surveillance, R LDatix Sponsored by: RL Datix It’s never been more critical to support, fund, and provide evolving tools to Infection Prevention & Control teams, Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs and Occupational Health Services. Listen to a patient’s journey through the care continuum and critical points where surveillance tools helped identify and mitigate pathogen transmission. |