Series details
March 13
1 – 1:05 p.m.
Opening remarks
Maria Sacco, RRT, CPHQ, Director, QARI, HANYS
1:05 – 3:55 p.m.
*This session will include a 15-minute break.
Hand hygiene and infection prevention precautions
Charlene J. Ludlow, RN, BSN, MHA, CIC
Learn about CDC and WHO hand hygiene recommendations, including frequency and methodology for disease prevention for staff and residents and how to apply standard and transmission-based precautions in the long-term care setting.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- describe hand hygiene methods;
- define WHO’s 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene;
- describe methodologies for hand hygiene surveillance; and
- explain the use of precautions for multi-drug resistant organisms in the long-term care setting related to colonization versus active infection.