What’s Your IQ (Infection Question)?- "I Glove What I Do" Live Webinar 10/16/18

October 16, 2018

Live Webinar

Welcome to International Infection Prevention Week!

Please join Susan Engel, BSN, RN, Director of Infection Prevention to celebrate and honor International Infection Prevention Week.  This is a week of focus to align with best-practices of infection prevention.  Join via webinar where an Infection Prevention topic will be presented each day of the week with an opportunity to ask questions.

The purpose of this activity is to provide the learner with information on correct glove usage in Home Care.

Criteria for Successful Completion of Activity to claim CE Certificate.

Live Webinar:

  • Attend planned length of activity missing no more than 10 minutes
  • Validation by CE Administration of attendance via webinar report log-in sheet for today
  • You will receive an email, after 1-2 business days, prompting you to complete an evaluation on education.bayada.com
  • Evaluation must be completed within 1 month of event before course expires.
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Target Audience

All home care clinicians regardless of CE credit

Education Level:

Introductory:

Information geared to clinicians with little or no knowledge of the subject. Focus is on providing general introductory information.

 

Learning Objectives

By the end of this educational activity the learner will be able to:

  • define Standard Precautions and hand hygiene practices
  • discuss the significance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • describe when to use PPE
  • identify barriers to compliance with glove use
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 Contact hours (ANCC)
  • 0.10 Continuing Education Units, CEUs (AOTA)
  • 1.00 Participation
Course opens: 
09/17/2018
Course expires: 
11/18/2018
Event starts: 
10/16/2018 - 3:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
10/16/2018 - 4:00pm EDT
Cost:
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DISCLOSURE

No relevant conflict of interest or financial relationships were disclosed for this educational activity by any of the authors or presenters.

Susan Engel, BSN, RN

Susan has been an RN since 1982.  She began her career in an acute care facility providing direct client care on both  medical-surgical and pediatric units and advanced to charge nurse on a cardiac step down unit before transitioning to home care in 1985. Susan held both field and management roles in various home care agencies since 1985.   She joined BAYADA Home Healthcare in 2000 as a clinical leader and transitioned to BAYADA’s  Clinical Standards and Leadership office in 2003 with the primary responsibility of managing the company-wide Infection Prevention Program.  Susan has been a member of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control (APIC) Chapter in South Jersey since 2003. She has served as an APIC board member since 2010 and  currently  holds the position of President-Elect.  Susan is an approved instructor for the North Carolina SPICE (State Wide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology) course for Home Care since June 2011.  She also holds a certification in coaching and recently completed the Dale Carnegie “Leadership for Managers Program”.  Susan has an active role in BAYADA policy and procedure development and revision.  She also develops and provides infection prevention education to office and field employees,  BAYADA clients, and persons in the community.

Jessica Weeden, BSN, RN
 
Jessica has been with BAYADA since 2012.  She obtained her RN license in 2010 and has recently obtained her BSN.  She has been working in homecare her entire nursing career with chronically ill clients with a variey of diagnoses.  She has been a clinical manager at BAYADA since 2014 and currently manages a caseload of 23.  Her clients include pediatric and adults with basic skilled nursing needs as well as high-tech tracheostomy and mechanical ventilation needs.  Throughout her nursing career she has maintained standard precautions.  As a supervisor she observes for adherence to proper glove use and standard precautions. 

Nurses

 

BAYADA Home Health Care is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

OTs and OTAs

 

BAYADA Home Health Care is an AOTA Approved Provider of continuing education.                                                                                        AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.

AOTA Classification Codes

Category 1| Domain of OT: Context and Envirnment

Category 2| Occupational Therapy Process: Activity and Occupational Demands

Category 3| Professional Issues: OT Education 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 Contact hours (ANCC)
  • 0.10 Continuing Education Units, CEUs (AOTA)
  • 1.00 Participation

Price

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Cancellation/Refund

If course is cancelled:

By BAYADA; if the education is cancelled for any reason the learner will receive a full refund for any applicable course fee.  BAYADA will not be responsible for any associated fees or costs such as travel or lodging.

By learner; any applicable course fee will be refundable up until one (1) day prior to date registered for the education.  After this date the course fee may be non-refundable.  BAYADA will not be responsible for any associated fees or costs such as travel or lodging.

Complaint Resolution

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Special Needs

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