CoPs & Infection Control & Prevention: Implementing an Effective Surveillance Program

June 10, 2025
Live Webinar
DateJun 10, 2025Duration60 minutes
12:00 PM PDT01:00 PM MDT
02:00 PM CDT03:00 PM EDT
  • Unlimited connections for your agency
  • Available on desktop, mobile & tablet
  • Take-away toolkit
  • Presenter’s contact info for questions
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    two business days after live stream
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  • Take-away toolkit
  • Ability to download webinar video
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Preventing infection is a critical aspect of delivering quality care and improving patient outcomes.

An effective infection control surveillance program requires a systematic approach, including defining surveillance goals, identifying key indicators, collecting data, analyzing trends, and implementing interventions to improve patient safety and reduce healthcare-associated infections.

AFTER THIS WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:
  • State who/what regulates an agency’s infection control and prevention program
  • Establish and implement a comprehensive surveillance program
  • Understand the benefits of a comprehensive surveillance program and the available assessment tools to incorporate
  • Explain how to identify data trends, including how to integrate and report surveillance data into your QAPI report

WEBINAR DETAILS

This webinar will address the key elements and requirements for implementing an effective comprehensive surveillance program for infection control and prevention. It will cover the tools, processes, data collection, trends, and interventions that are critical. You’ll learn how to integrate surveillance data findings, including interventions, into your agency’s QAPI program. This session will include best practices for infection control and prevention, along with an effective surveillance program that impacts patient outcomes and quality scores. This presentation is key for survey preparation or if there is a high incidence of infections and staff new to QA.

THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:

  • Hospice
  • Home Health
  • Home Care
  • Palliative Care

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This informative session is directed to QA staff, clinical leadership, management, education professionals, nursing directors, clinical liaisons who serve the community, and staff who work within skilled nursing facilities and support the infection preventionist.

TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT

  • 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene
  • Risk assessment tool for infection prevention and control
  • CMS infection prevention action list
  • LTC-IC program policy sample
  • Training log
  • PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
  • Attendance certificate provided, however there are no pre-approved CEs associated with this webinar

NOTE: All materials are subject to copyright. Transmission, retransmission, or republishing of any webinar to other agencies or those not employed by your agency is prohibited. Print materials may be copied for eligible participants only.

Presented By

Kathy AhearnKathy Ahearn
ALECC, Inc.
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