BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:75f8a65bf424906bbbe3e4fdc20452a9531 CATEGORIES:Events SUMMARY:Infection Control & Prevention: How to Implement & Integrate a Comprehensive Surveillance Program Kathy Ahearn, Ahearn Advisement DESCRIPTION:
Infection Control & Prevention:
< p align="center">How to Implement & Integrate a(90-minute webin ar – recording also available)
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
9:00 AM Hawaiian 11:00 AM Alaskan
12:00 PM Pacific 1:00 PM Mountain
2:00 PM Central 3:00 PM Eastern
Due to the COVID-19 cris is, regulations now require a pandemic risk assessment. Has your agency set up a comprehensive surveillance infection control and prevention program?< /p>
AFTER THIS WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:
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This webinar will explain the necessary components of an infe ction control and prevention surveillance program during a pandemic, with a focus on the novel COVID-19 virus. It will cover current infection control and prevention regulations and the three pandemic surveillance components: what data to collect, what trends to watch, and what actions to take for b oth patients and staff. You will also learn how to integrate data and findi ngs into your agency’s QAPI report for more effective patient management du ring a pandemic.
THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOW ING AGENCIES:
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This informative session is directed to agency clinical lea dership and management. It will also benefit quality assurance staff, educa tors, medical directors, administrators, DONs, IT, clinical liaisons who se rve the community, and other staff who work within skilled-nursing faciliti es and support the infection prevention staff.
TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT
MEET THE PRESENTER
Kathy Ahearn, RN, BSN, PHN, Ahearn Advisement Partners
Kathy Ahearn has a Bachelor’s in both Nursing and Social Work, an d owns Ahearn Advisement Partners. With over 30 years working and serving the healthcare community the combination of nursing and social work has ser ved her well. She has worked in a variety of post-acute care settings with an emphasis on home health and hospice, home infusion, homecare, and skill ed nursing as a PICC and compliance expert. Kathy has a unique ability to identify agency challenges and opportunities, quickly providing education, support, and mentoring to organizations, guiding them to a new level of ope ration.
Kathy helped develop pain scales to standardize asse ssment with the American Pain Society and the Joint Commission, which lead to identifying pain as the 5th vital sign. She was a trailblazer in the re tail pharmacy world introducing the Joint Commission to the retail setting for disease state accreditation and reimbursement. In addition to developi ng manuals and policies, Kathy expanded into medical device as a Managed Ca re Director developing one of the first real-time cloud-based disease speci fic software programs to assist patients, clinicians, and managed care orga nizations improve outcomes and collect data.
Kathy began hea lthcare work due to a disabled parent and later a child living with chronic disease state. She has experienced healthcare professionally and personal ly, dedicating her life to it and to working as a change agent for the bett erment of all served.
THREE REGISTRATION OPTIONS – WH AT YOU GET
1. Live Webinar Includes
2. Recorded Webinar Includes
3. Pur chase the BOTH Option to receive all the benefits listed a bove! Full registration descriptions can be found here .
If you need help with anythin g, please drop us an email at support@eewebinarnetwork.com or call 406.442.2585.
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