3rd Annual Focus on Infection Prevention Conference
Event # 30526
What Can I Expect?
The 3rd Annual Focus on Infection Prevention Conference will offer interactive educational sessions on a variety of topics relevant to infection preventionists, registered nurses, public health professionals, nursing home administrators and all other interested health care providers.
Learning Objectives:
Review important concepts of applied microbiology.
Identify lab values and pathology findings that require the clinician’s immediate attention and action.
Explain the difference between infection and colonization, and the controversies surrounding active surveillance and contact isolation precautions.
Examine case studies dealing with infection control and prevention practices utilizing an audience response system.
Review the events of the Seasonal Flu and the 2009 Pandemic H1N1 outbreak, including the successes and pitfalls of mandatory vaccines, the latest immunization recommendations, and ethical issues surrounding immunization.
Reinforce key concepts of infection control and prevention practices utilizing an interactive game.
Agenda:
8:00-8:30 Registration/Exhibits
8:30-9:30 Microbiology
9:30-10:15 Lab/Pathology
10:15-10:30 Breaks/Exhibits
10:30-11:30 Infection/Colonization Panel Discussion
11:30-12:30 Case Studies
12:30-1:30 Lunch/Exhibits
1:30-2:00 Case Studies (continued)
2:00-3:00 Influenza
3:00-3:15 Break/Exhibits
3:15-4:15 Interactive Game/Evaluation/Adjourn
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Who Should Attend?:
Registered nurses, infection preventionists, nursing home administrators, public health professionals, and any other interested health care provider.
Date & Time: Monday, September 20, 2010; 8:30:00 AM - 4:15:00 PM
Check-in Time: 8:00:00 AM
Location:  MAPS
Moses Cone Health System, 1200 N Elm St , Greensboro, NC - Room 0030
Faculty: Donna Hogan, MT(ASCP), SH, Training Coordinator for Spectrum Lab Network, Moses Cone Health System - Teresa Hopkins, Wound Care Nurse, Wesley Long Nursing Center - Delores Nobles, MT,ASCP, Senior Practitioner, Pitt County Memorial Hospital - David Weber, MD, MPH, MD, UNC-CH Division of Infectious Diseases - Lori Mason, MS MSEd CIC, Public Health Epidemiologist, Moses Cone Health System - Bernadette Menuey, RN, MEd, CIC, Biosafety / IC Officer, WFU Health Sciences - Sheila Vereen, BSN RN ICP, Infection Control Nurse, Duke University Medical Center - Melissa Morgan, RN BSN, Assistant Director - Women's Unit/Adult ICU, The Women's Hospital of Greensboro - Kim Helsabeck, BS MT MSPH ICP, Infection Control Supervisor, Moses Cone Health System
Credits: 0.6 CEU ; 6.25 CNE Contact Hours (AP004-1154) ; 6 Contact Hours ; 6.25 NHA Hours (Course Number 10054)
Cost:
Registration Fee (Lunch Included) $95.00
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