NHSN

Concurrent Education Session - 60 minutes

2405 - Importance of Infection Surveillance in Long-term Care Facilities

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

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  Angela Anttila, PhD, MSN, NP-C, CIC

  Nurse Epidemiologist
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Port St Joe, Georgia

  Nothing to disclose

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

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  Theresa Rowe

  Theresa Rowe, DO, MS Assistant Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Northwestern University Medical Epidemiologist, CDC
  Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Chicago, Illinois

  Nothing to disclose

Moderator(s)

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  Linda Behan, BSN, RN, CWCN, CIC

  Director of Infection Prevention and Control
  Genesis HealthCare
  Kennett Square, PA

  Nothing to disclose

This session is designed for IPs, healthcare epidemiologists, quality improvement staff, state health departments, HAI coordinators, and others who wish to gain understanding and insight into the changing landscape of post-acute care, with a focus on infection surveillance and prevention in nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the changing landscape of post-acute care, focusing on the need for standardized surveillance and infection prevention in nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities.
• Discuss some of the national initiatives driving long-term care infection surveillance, prevention, and antibiotic stewardship efforts.
• Discuss opportunities to promote infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship through surveillance using the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN).
• Create/present a roadmap for nursing homes to meet the new IPC requirements in the regulation, including the required infection Preventionist.
• Provide a strategy for how to make the best use of the Infection Preventionist - give a recipe for success
• Discuss how hospital IP can support PAC (will weave this throughout the presentation).