Learning Collaborative 1: Just the Facts – The Basics of Infection Prevention and Control

March 22, 2023 – April 26, 2023


During these six weeks, participants will learn about the following:

  1. “What on earth is an Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP)?”
    Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2023
    Time: 1:30 PM EST 
    Topics: Standard precautions & Enhanced barrier precautions 
    Learning Objectives: Describe what Standard precautions and Enhanced Barrier Precautions are and how to implement them.
  1. “Cover Yourself!” 
    Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2023
    Time: 1:30 PM EST    
    Topics: Transmission-based precautions. 
    Learning Objectives: Understand the different types of infection prevention and control precautions. 
  1. “Helping Hands”
    Date: Wednesday, April 5, 2023
    Time: 1:30 PM EST 
    Topics: Hand hygiene, including audits and ideas for increasing compliance. 
    Learning Objectives: Explore processes and opportunities for hand hygiene, including auditing and increasing hand hygiene compliance. 
  1. “Controlling COVID-19″
    Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2023
    Time: 1:30 PM EST 
    Topics: COVID-19 prevention and response. 
    Learning Objectives: List current strategies to prevent COVID-19 transmission in healthcare facilities.
  1. “Keep it Clean”
    Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2023
    Time: 1:30 PM EST   
    Topics: HAI prevention (managing medical devices, an aseptic technique for access, maintenance, and care, pneumonia prevention, decubitus ulcer prevention, the ‘whys’ of the recommendations). 
    Learning Objectives: Identify strategies to prevent healthcare infections associated with medical devices.
  1. “Gimme a Shot”
    Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2023
    Time: 1:30 PM EST 
    Topics: Vaccine schedules for residents/patients. 
    Learning Objectives: Identify strategies to prevent healthcare infections associated with medical devices.

CE Credit Statement: Suwannee River Area Health Education Center, Inc. is a Florida Board of Nursing, Nursing Home Administration, Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling approved provider of continuing education. CE Broker Provider ID #50-1922. This program meets the requirements for up to 6.0 contact hours.