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Nursing Home Patient Safety Series: Reducing Facility-Associated Infections and Hospitalizations Related to UTI, Sepsis, Pneumonia and COVID-19
SUMMARY: This session will review the burden of sepsis in nursing home facilities, steps to prevent sepsis in nursing home residents, and tools and resources for the early recognition and management of sepsis. TARGET AUDIENCE: Infection Preventionists (IP), Nursing Home leadership, Clinical leadership.
Emergency Preparedness in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care
SUMMARY: Extreme weather events, natural disasters, and other emergency events are increasingly common in post-acute and long-term care. This session will review several practical strategies to help your team prepare for an emergency event. Best practices to mitigate the effects of trauma on residents and staff will also be discussed. IN THIS SERIES, ATTENDEES WILL […]
Session Two: Clostridioides difficile – Treatment Update and Antibiotic Stewardship Interventions
The 2019 CDC Threat Report lists Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) as an urgent threat. There were an estimated 12,800 deaths due to C. difficile in the US in 2017. C. difficile infection (CDI) affects thousands of people each year; and infections are more common and tend to be more severe in older people. Inappropriate antibiotic […]