Registration closes at 5 p.m. on February 2, 2018. If you are interested in more information, please contact Susan Heppler at 208-334-5871 or susan.heppler@dhw.idaho.gov.
Event description
This 3-day intensive course is designed to provide Infection Preventionists with the core materials and information to develop and implement an infection prevention and control program as well as to prepare a practitioner to sit for the certification and recertification examinations.
Registration Costs
Idaho's HAI Program is using grant funding to offset the cost of this course.
Speakers
Charles E. Edmiston Jr., PhD., CIC
Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
David R. Woodard, CLS, MSc, CIC, CPHQ
Laboratory Manager at University of Nevada Las Vegas
Infection Prevention Consultant,
Steven Hirsch & Associates
Maureen Spencer, M.Ed., BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC
Director, Clinical Implementation
Accelerate Diagnostics
Tucson, Arizona
AGENDA
Monday
1. Infectious Diseases - part 1 and 2
2. Outbreaks related to duodenoscopes with CRE and CDC Toolkit for Control Measures
3. Principles of Management
4. Isolation techniques, Patient Placement, Management of MDROs, Hand Hygiene
Tuesday
1. Principles of Epidemiology of HAIs
2. Basic Microbiology
3. Antibiotic Stewardship and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns
4. Infection Prevention in Behavioral Health and Management of Cluster
Outbreaks (Scabies, Lice, and Bed bugs)
5. Infection Prevention in Special Departments: Radiology, Dialysis, Wound Care, Emergency
6. Risk Assessment, Developing IP Plans
Wednesday
1. Principles of Sterilization and Disinfection
2. Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection
3. Unusual Pathogens: Hospital Ecology
4. Infection Control Risk Assessments for Construction
5. Overview of Employee Health and CDC Guidelines for Infection Control
6. Bundled Approaches for the Prevention of CLABSIs, CAUTIs, VAPs, SSIs
7. Environmental Sources for Microorganisms
Event Location
Boise Centre, 850 W Front Street, Boise ID
Phone: 208-336-8900
Lodging
If you need lodging, the HAI Program has reserved a block of rooms for attendees; room rates are $93 per night.
The Grove Hotel, 245 S Capital Blvd, Boise ID 83702
For the block rate, you must mention: “Infection Control” Block
Reservations telephone number 208-489-2222 or 888-961-5000.
