Poplar Bluff – Infection Control in Long-Term Care

Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/27/2018
9:00 am - 12:15 pm
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Location
Oakdale Care Center

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• Workshop

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Target Audience: Nursing Home Administrators, RNs, LPNs, CNAs, Social Workers, Activity Directors, Occupational and Physical Therapist, Dietary

CE Approved: Nursing Home Administrators (3 patient care hours)

Program: Registration 8:30 a.m., Program 9 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Purpose: To identify and implement appropriate steps for effective infection control measures that allow for the provision of safe quality care to long-term care residents. This program will provide an overview of infection control, most common infectious outbreaks, barriers to appropriate infection control and prevention.

Objectives:
1. Identify various infection control measures.
2. Examine the most common infections in this patient population.
3. Discuss elements of early identification/prevention of infective outbreaks.

Speaker: Kim Weathers, MSN, RN, Director of Education, Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center, Kennett, Missouri

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