Part Ten of Ten: Infection Prevention and Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Program, Plant and Physical Environment, Emergency Preparedness

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss that CMS requires many policies in infection prevention and control
• Recall the duties and responsibilities of the infection preventionist and leader of the antibiotic stewardship programs
• Describe the need for a facility maintenance program to include water management and ligature safety
• Recall the necessary training and testing for a hospital’s emergency preparedness program.

Who Should Attend:-

CEOs, chief operations officers, chief nursing officers, chief legal officers, nurses and medical staff, quality managers, nurse educators, risk managers, compliance officers, chief of health information, pharmacists, social workers, discharge planners, patient safety officers, outpatient director, director of rehab, infection control, directors of radiology.