PPT-Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections

Learning Objectives Explain the purpose or aims of surveillance Discuss how to establish a system for healthcareassociated infection surveillance Differentiate between continuous surveillance and periodic prevalence surveys. Preventing . Healthcare-Associated Infections (. HAIs. ) . National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. Healthcare-Associated Infections (. Healthcare-Associated Infections. Learning Objectives. Explain the purpose or aims of surveillance.. Discuss how to establish a system for healthcare-associated infection surveillance.. Differentiate between continuous surveillance and periodic prevalence surveys.. Evelyn Cook. Associate Director. Objectives. Discuss the importance of surveillance. Describe the new surveillance definitions. Discuss ways to implement and apply new surveillance definitions. Definition cont’d. Issues, trends, and resources . for combating the problem. .. Nancy Hudecek RN, BSN, MS. Director, Risk Management, Patient Safety, and Quality Improvement. Today’s webinar will begin promptly at 2:00 PM Central Time. Healthcare-Associated Infections (. HAIs. ) . National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. Healthcare-Associated Infections (. HAIs. ). 1 out of 20 hospitalized patients affected. Pasquale Demitrio | Healthcare and Life Sciences. What are the reasons we humidify in Healthcare?. B. C. D. A. What studies do we have? Anything new? . Dry building syndrome: M. icrobes, Humans, Hospitals. nfections . O. ccurring . in . Hospitals. Darline. Dupree. PhD Student. Walden University. PUBH 8165-2. Instructor: Dr. Robert Marino. Winter 2012. Hospital Board of Directors. OSHA. County Public Health Departments. Learning objectives. Explain the relevance and impact of . SSI.. Identify . the risk factors associated with . SSI.. Describe the main recommendations to prevent SSI..  .  . December 1, 2013. 2. Time involved. 2017. Sexually Transmitted Infections. Key Messages. Sex should be a positive experience.. STIs are a possibility when engaging in sexual activity.. STIs can be spread via:. Skin to skin contact. Oral, anal or vaginal sex. In LTCF. Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section. Office of Public Health. Louisiana Dept of Health & Hospitals. 800-256-2748. www.infectiousdisease.dhh.louisiana.gov. Your taxes at work. HAI Surveillance. C - R ESISTANT E NTEROBACTERIACEAE ( CRE ) What is carbapenem - resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) ? Carbapenem - resistant Enterobacteriaceae is a type of gram - negative bacteria that is resista Part One: LTC Surveillance. By the end of this . session. you . should . be able to. :. Recognize the impact of society and culture on surveillance practices. Understand the definitions that fit an elderly population and why it is an important paradigm shift. Insert LOGO. DISCLAIMER. . This document was developed by the Surveillance Subcommittee (SS) of the Arizona Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Advisory Committee. SS is a multidisciplinary committee representing various healthcare disciplines working to define and categorize the strength of evidence for preventing healthcare-associated infections. Their work was guided by the best available evidence at the time this document was created. . Gaynes R, Richards C, Edwards J, Emori TG, Horan T, Alonso-Echanove J, et al. Feeding Back Surveillance Data To Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections. Emerg Infect Dis. 2001;7(2):295-298. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0702.700295.