he fee for each session is $200/member and $250/nonmember. If you register for all five sessions of either the Critical Access Hospital CoPs series or the Acute Care Hospital CoPs series, you will get the fifth session of the respective series free! Contact Cynthia Grinston at [email protected] for assistance in registering for the full series to ensure you receive the discounted offer. 

Please note our new pricing! To support social distancing and remote work, a single registration provides unlimited lines for all employees and trustees of your hospital or system, including a link to view the recording. Please register just one person from your facility and have that person share the access information with others who wish to participate.

Not sure if you’ll be able to make the live session? Everyone who registers will receive a link to the recording of the webinar to view at your convenience at no additional charge.

Objectives

• Recall that the infection preventionist must be appointed by the board
• Recall that CMS has an infection control worksheet that may be helpful to CAHs
• Discuss proper insulin pens usage
• Describe that an order is needed to allow the patient to self-administer medications
• Explain that there are three-time frames in which to administer medications
• Discuss what CMS requires for discharge planning

Infection Prevention and Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Program

• Final changes to infection control
• Antibiotic stewardship requirements
• Infection control worksheet
• CDC and FDA health update
• Investigating and controlling infections
• Healthcare associated infections
• Four challenges in infection control
• Infection control orientation new employees
• Surveillance, sanitary environment, and mitigation of risks
• Role of leaders in infection control
• Infection control officer

Safe Medication Practices

• Preparation and administration
• CMS IC worksheet and safe injections
• Single and multi-dose vials
• Fingerstick devices, scopes, glucometers, insulin pens

Laboratory

• Services and staffing
• COVID-19 reporting requirements

Patient Services

• Diagnostic and therapeutic services
• Supplies

Outpatient Services

• Outpatient department
• Outpatient director
• Final changes
• Board and MS action

Discharge Planning

• Planning process
• Patient involvement
• Patient rights

CEOs, COOs, CFOs, nurse executives, accreditation and regulation director, nurse managers, pharmacists, quality managers, risk managers, healthcare attorneys, health information management personnel, social workers, dieticians, health information management,  nurses, nurse educators, nursing supervisors, patient safety officer, infection preventionist, radiology director, laboratory director, emergency department directors, outpatient director, medication team, ethicist, director of Rehab (OT, PT, speech pathology, and audiology), OR supervisor, OR staff, CRNA,  anesthesia providers,  dietician, radiology staff, director of health information management, infection preventionist, dietician, activities director of swing bed patients, infection control committee members, pharmacists, and compliance officers.

Laura A. Dixon served as the Director, Facility Patient Safety and Risk Management and Operations for COPIC from 2014 to 2020.  In her role, Ms. Dixon provided patient safety and risk management consultation and training to facilities, practitioners, and staff in multiple states.  Such services included creation of and presentations on risk management topics, assessment of healthcare facilities; and development of programs and compilation of reference materials that complement physician-oriented products.

Ms. Dixon has more than twenty years of clinical experience in acute care facilities, including critical care, coronary care, peri-operative services, and pain management.  Prior to joining COPIC, she served as the Director, Western Region, Patient Safety and Risk Management for The Doctors Company, Napa, California.  In this capacity, she provided patient safety and risk management consultation to the physicians and staff for the western United States.

As a registered nurse and attorney, Laura holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Regis University of Denver, a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Drake University College of Law, Des Moines, Iowa, and a Registered Nurse Diploma from Saint Luke’s School Professional Nursing, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  She is licensed to practice law in Colorado and California.