ASHE Live Online Training: Managing Infection Prevention in Health Care Facilities (2-Day) November 4-5, 2024

Date: Nov 04, 2024 - Nov 05, 2024

Description:

Proactively prevent infection in health care facilities during maintenance, renovation, and construction.

Designed for individuals directly involved in the construction, renovation, and operation of health care facilities, this program identifies the infection prevention issues that every contractor, facility manager, architect, and engineer must address on the job.

While working in a health care environment, you need to understand your unique role and be prepared to implement processes to protect patients, staff, and visitors from hospital-acquired infections. Through lectures, case study reviews, problem-solving exercises, and group discussions, you will become a more valuable member of the health care construction team.

Intended Audience

Contractors working in health care environments
Health care facility managers Construction project managers
Maintenance personnel
Infection prevention professionals

Learning Outcomes

Create and maintain work areas that support the facility's infection prevention protocols in order to reduce transmission of hospital-acquired infections.
Educate and train your team on infection prevention and best practices.
Explain the importance of conducting an infection control risk assessment (ICRA) for every project.
Explain the intent of the various compliance, regulatory standard, and guideline-setting agencies, including the Joint Commission, Facility Guidelines Institute, and Centers for Disease Control.

Speaker(s):

TBD

Pricing:

Member: $730
Nonmember: $855

This course offers 12.5 CECs. Credit hours can be used toward the renewal of the Certified Health Care Facility Manager (CHFM) credential.

Time:

6:00 am - 2:00 pm Pacific Time

7:00 am - 3:00 pm Mountain Time

8:00 am - 4:00 pm Central Time

9:00 am - 5:00 pm Eastern Time

This is a live virtual training course. Please create an individual account and complete individual registration. Only the person registered will gain access and acquire credit for completing the virtual course.

Please note, you will receive further instruction of how to gain access once registration is complete. These steps must be complete in order to gain access to the platform and certificate of attendance.