NHSN

Concurrent Education Session - 60 minutes

1309 - A New Tool for Ambulatory Surgery Centers: Outpatient Procedure Component for Reporting Adverse Events

Primary Invited Speaker-(CDC/NHSN)(s)

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  Henrietta Smith, MSN, RN, CIC

  Nurse Consultant/Infection Preventionist
  Northrop Grumman Corporation, contractor for CDC/NHSN
  Marietta, Georgia

  Nothing to disclose

Invited Speaker-(CDC/NHSN)-2(s)

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  Tara Millson, DNP, RN, CIC

  Infection Preventionist
  CDC/NHSN
  Lilburn, Georgia

  Nothing to disclose

Moderator(s)

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  Mary Sibulsky, RN

  Manager, AAAHC Surveyor
  International Eye Institute
  Green Valley, Arizona

  AAAHC: Employment, NO compensation for this event.

The goal of the session is to describe how the new tool, the Outpatient Procedure Component, can be used by Ambulatory Surgery Centers to track and monitor adverse events such as SSIs and patient falls.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe (Clamp-down) the details for reporting Same Outcome Measures
• Define (Drill-down) the reporting instructions for Surgical Site Infections
• Apply (Nail-down) the reporiting criteria using interactive case studies