Mini Infection Prevention Bootcamp for North and NW Alabama Regional Long-Term Care Facilities in Franklin County, AL and Surrounding Areas
Date: July 24, 2024
Time: 8:00AM – 12:30 PM
Location: Franklin County Health Department
Address: 801 County Road 48, Russellville, AL 35653
CEUs: The Deep South Center for OH&S is an approved provider of continuing education units for nurses by the AL Board of Nursing (Provider ABNP0420 Expiration Date 12/22/2025) and has awarded this program 4.8 nursing CEUs, .4 general CEUs, and 4.0 SW CEUs.
The Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators has reviewed and approved the seminar entitled “Mini Infection Prevention Bootcamp for North and Northwestern AL Regional LTC Facilities” for 3 hours of continuing education credit for licensed nursing home administrators in the State of Alabama.
The Alabama Board of Examiners of Assisted Living Administrators has approved this program for CEUs.
Cost: Free, but seating is limited and registration is required. Seats are available on a first come first serve basis.
Registration: Please register by July 20, 2024.
Questions: Please contact Tessa Graham, tessaegr@uab.edu, (205) 934-6953.
Course Purpose: This course is aimed towards infection prevention and control healthcare professionals in the Long-Term Care Facility setting, located in the North and Northwestern Alabama Region (includes the following Alabama counties at a minimum: Lauderdale, Limestone, Colbert, Lawrence, Franklin, Marion, Lamar, Fayette, Winston, Morgan, Cullman, Marshall, and Madison). 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 the importance of reporting outbreaks to the ADPH, hand hygiene, environmental services, surveillance for infections as well as following infection prevention strategies while administering medications. The attendees will also be provided with a better understanding of the General Infection Control Assessment Response and how this can benefit their facilities.
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
- Demonstrate how to use Glo-Germ in their facility.
- Discuss the difference in Loeb and McGeer Criteria as they apply to surveillance in LTCF.
- Identify the functions and responsibilities of the nurse/medication tech during medication pass as related to infection control procedures.
Agenda
| TOPIC | Length | Time | Speakers |
| Check-In | 15 min | 8:00-8:15 | Wade Menefee, MSN, RN, LNHA |
| Opening Comments | 15 min | 8:15-8:30 | Wade Menefee, MSN, RN, LNHA |
| Detect, Test, Reporting | 60 min | 8:30-9:30 | Kathy Linzey, District Investigator for the Department of Emerging and Infectious Disease with ADPH |
| Infection Prevention and Environmental Hygiene | 60 min | 9:30-10:30 | Wade Menefee, MSN, RN, LNHA |
| Glo-Germ Exercise | 15 min | 10:30-10:45 | Kei Jones, EdD, MPH |
| Break | 15 min | 10:45-11:00 | |
| Infection Surveillance in Long-Term Care Facilities | 30 min | 11:00-11:30 | Becky McKinney, BSN, RN |
| Infection Prevention During Medication Administration | 60 min | 11:30-12:30 | Shoshannah Anderson, BSN, RN, CIC |
| Closing and Evaluations | 12:30 |
