Mini Infection Prevention Bootcamp for South Alabama Regional Long-Term Care Facilities in Dothan, AL and Surrounding Areas
Date: October 24, 2024
Time: 11:45AM – 4:30 PM
Location: Houston County Library
Address: 445 N. Oates St., Dothan, AL 36301
CEUs: AL Statewide AHEC Program is an approved provider of continuing hours for nurses by the AL Board of Nursing (Provider ABNP1584 Expiration Date 6/14/2028) and has awarded this program 4.8 contact hours.
The Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators has reviewed and approved the seminar entitled “Mini Infection Prevention Bootcamp for Alabama Regional LTC Facilities in Dothan” for 4 hours of continuing education credit for licensed nursing home administrators in the State of Alabama.
Cost: Free, but seating is limited and registration is required. Seats are available on a first come first serve basis.
Registration: Please register by October 18, 2024.
Questions: Please contact Riley Blum, reblum@uab.edu, 205-996-6610.
Course Purpose: The purpose of this course is to provide healthcare professionals in LTCFs with the knowledge and tools to run a competent and inclusive infection control program within their facility. The attendees will learn about infection prevention practices and recommendations for detecting, testing, and reporting reportable diseases and conditions in Alabama, environmental hygiene, laundry services, and viral respiratory illness prevention and preparedness.
Course Objectives:
- Describe the role of Infection Prevention and Control in Long-Term Care settings.
- Verbalize who should report, how to report, and when to report Reportable Diseases and Conditions.
- Identify the role of preventing healthcare associated infections (HAIs) through environmental surface disinfection.
- Review processes used in healthcare laundry services on-premises or offsite.
- Describe how improper personnel handling, laundering, and storage or soiled linen can pose a risk of exposure to infectious materials.
- Describe strategies for preventing and controlling viral respiratory illnesses within LTCFs.
Agenda
| TOPIC | Length | Time | Speakers |
| Check-In | 15 min | 11:45 -12:00 | Rafeal Norton RN, MSN, Th. D |
| Opening Comments | 10 min | 12:00 – 12:10 | Rafeal Norton RN, MSN, Th. D |
| Detect, Test, Reporting | 60 min | 12:10 – 1:10 | Stacy Anderson, ADPH |
| Infection Prevention and Environmental Hygiene | 60 min | 1:10 – 2:10 | Karen Watkins-Smith, BSN, RN, ETN |
| Break | 10 min | 2:10 – 2:20 | |
| General Infection Prevention in Laundry Services | 60 min | 2:20 – 3:20 | April Davis, MSW |
| Viral Respiratory Illness Prevention and Preparedness | 60 min | 3:20 – 4:20 | Shoshannah Anderson RN, BSN, CIC |
| Closing and Evaluations | 10 min | 4:20 – 4:30 | Rafeal Norton, RN, MSN, Th. D |
Presentations (All combined, please click on the linked header below to download the PDF document).
