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Infection Prevention Lunch & Learn Webinar Series
Part 1
Overview of the Role of the Hospital Manager in Health Care Associated Infection Prevention
November 21, 2008
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CENTRAL TIME
Part 2
Assessment and Promotion of Compliance with Infection Prevention Strategies
December 5, 2008
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CENTRAL TIME
Part 3
Exploring Accountability Strategies for Infection Prevention Measures
December 19, 2008
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CENTRAL TIME
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Program Description
This webinar series will focus on the critical role of the front-line manager in eliminating health care associated infections, and will give you the ability to bring nationally-recognized infection prevention experts directly to your organization in the most cost-effective manner. In addition, each program will be recorded and archived to allow for review at a later date.
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this program, the participant will be able to:
- Enhance the knowledge of basic hospital infection prevention and control for the front-line health care managers.
- Explore the critical role of the health care manager in addressing the challenge of preventing health care-associated infections.
- Identify effective infection prevention accountability strategies.
- Share related best practice and success story initiatives.
Who Should Participate
Infection control staff
Quality staff
Risk managers
Educators
CNOs
Environmental services staff
Faculty
Part 1 Faculty:
Denise Murphy, RN, MPH, CIC, VP of Safety & Quality, Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis
Denise Murphy is the vice president and chief safety and quality officer at Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis. Prior to taking that position, she spent seven years as director of healthcare epidemiology and patient safety for BJC HealthCare. She went to nursing school in Philadelphia, received her BSN in Portland, Maine, and a Master of Public Health degree from St. Louis University, School of Public Health. She graduated from the first AHA/National Patient Safety Foundation sponsored Leadership Fellowship training program in August 2003. Her early nursing experience was in pediatric ICUs, surgical nursing and nursing management. She entered the field of Infection Prevention and Control in 1981, and has been an epidemiologist in hospitals ranging from 100-1,200 beds, in rural and urban settings. Her presentations and publications have focused on prevention of surgical site and bloodstream infections and ventilator-associated pneumonia, on establishing or re-designing infection prevention and patient safety services, and the business of infection control, patient safety and performance improvement. Murphy is an active member of APIC and SHEA, as well as the American Society for Healthcare Risk Managers (ASHRM). She is a past president of the APIC Board of Directors and remains actively involved in futures planning, leadership development and global business strategy. She is also a member of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Hospital Infection Control Practice Advisory Committee (HICPAC).
Part 2 Faculty:
Stephen A. Streed, MS, CIC, System Director, Infection Control, Lee Memorial Health System, Ft. Myers, FL
Stephen Streed is the system director of infection control for Lee Memorial Heart Health System. He is responsible for institutional performance improvement related to nosocomial infections and other key out come measures. Prior to assuming this position, he was president of CCIC Consulting LLC, a consulting firm dedicated to helping health care organizations improve the quality of patient care by reducing the incidence of care-associated infections. His other professional experiences include senior epidemiologist / vice president at EipQuest LLC and EpiQuest Europe Ltd. He has also been senior epidemiologist at Cerepleax, Inc. in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and at Stockhausen, Inc. in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is certified in infection control and served on the national Association of Practitioners in Infection Control (APIC) Board of Directors from 1999 to 2001. Streed was the recipient of the 2003 Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (CBIC) Achievement Award. He earned both his master's degree in environmental health and bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa. He is a member of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiologists of America (SHEA), and served on the SHEA Long-Term Care Committee from 2003 to 2004.
Part 3 Faculty:
Carlene A. Muto, MD, MS, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Director, Infection Control, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Dr. Carlene Muto is an assistant professor in the division of infectious diseases and the director of infection control for UPMC Presbyterian. She was recruited to UPMC in July 1999, from the University of Virginia, where she received a Masters of Epidemiology and completed her ID and Infection Control training. Her research interests include the epidemiology of vancomycin resistant Enterococci (VRE), identifying ways to halt nosocomial transmission of resistant organisms, and the effects of barrier precautions in reducing colonization rates. She is also involved in patient safety initiatives regarding the reduction of hospital acquired infections and is the chairperson of the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative Nosocomial Infection Control Advisory Committee and co-PI of an AHRQ patient safety grant. Additionally, she has been conducting studies to determine the causes and consequences of a Clostridium difficile nosocomial outbreak as well as the risk factors for severe outcomes and is working on electronic real-time identification of nosocomial infections.
The views expressed by the speaker do not necessarily reflect the policies or opinions or the Wisconsin Hospital Association.
Registration Information
Fee
Per Session Fee: $295.00 for one phone line per site
Entire Series: $750.00 for one phone line per site
Please register only one name per connection.
Additional phone lines will be billed at $295.00 each.
How the Webinar Will Work
Dial-in instructions, on-line login instructions and any other reference materials will be emailed to each registrant approximately three days prior to the conference. If you do not receive them by this date, please email lgeishirt@wha.org.
It is the responsibility of the registrant to access presentation materials prior to the day of the event. If your e-mail address changes, you do not receive an e-mail with instructions from WHA, or if you are unable to open presentation materials, please contact Lisa Geishirt at WHA two days prior to the event to allow time to address the issue.
Substitution, Transfer and Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received in writing up to five business days prior to an event will be given a full refund less a $50 processing fee. No refunds will be given for cancellations received less than five business days prior and day-of-program no-shows. Substitutions are accepted.
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