Speaker
Speciality
Nursing
Available
All Days
Duration
90 minutes
Description
A hospital must have an active infection control program to track, prevent, and control infectious diseases, including Healthcare-Associated Infections, or HAIs. Additionally, the hospital must have a program for optimizing antibiotic use through stewardship. This program will discuss CMS's changes to the infection control standards in 2019 and the interpretive guidelines developed in July 2022.
The program will cover what a hospital must have in place to comply with the regulation, including qualifications of the infection preventionist, the existence of a hospital-wide antibiotic stewardship program, and following nationally recognized infection control standards.
Though no longer utilized by CMS during a survey, the Infection Control Worksheet will be mentioned. It is an excellent tool to prepare a facility for a study because CMS incorporated the areas covered in the worksheet into the standards.
This webinar will cover the CDC vaccine storage, handling toolkit, and the procedures for cleaning and disinfecting reusable medical devices. The Joint Commission standards on the Antibiotic Stewardship Program (ASP) will be discussed.
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