Tune in to Safe Healthcare: A CDC Webinar Series

Date: November 15, 2016

YouTube Video Link: CDC’s Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship. [Pre-recorded Webinar 1:02]

Description: This webinar discusses CDC’s Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship, which provides a framework for implementing antibiotic stewardship in outpatient settings.

Archived Registration Page: CDC’s Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship

Webinar Slides: CDC’s Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship [PDF – 3.47 MB]

Detailed Continuing Education Information [PDF – 507 KB]

To obtain continuing education:

1. Access CDC’s Training and Continuing Education Online system.
2. Login as a new participant OR with your existing participant login.
3. On the “Participant Services” page, select “Search and Register.”
4. On the “Online Search” page, type 2720 under “Keyword Search” and click “view.”
5. A list of webinars will populate. Select this webinar and follow the prompts.

Relevant Links

• Core Elements for Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship: MMWR
• Get Smart About Antibiotics
• Core Elements for Antibiotic Stewardship in Nursing Homes
• Core Elements for Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs

Date: October 18, 2016

YouTube Video Link: Preventing the Next Avoidable Catastrophe in Low and Middle Resource Countries. [Pre-recorded Webinar 1:02]

Description: This webinar is hosted in collaboration with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and features an expert speaker who discusses healthcare outbreaks from a global perspective.

Archived Registration Page: Preventing the Next Avoidable Catastrophe in Low and Middle Resource Countries

Webinar Slides:Preventing the Next Avoidable Catastrophe in Low and Middle Resource Countries Webinar Slide Deck  [PDF – 3.39 MB]

Detailed Continuing Education Information [PDF – 79 KB]

To obtain continuing education:

1. Access CDC’s Training and Continuing Education Online system.
2. Login as a new participant OR with your existing participant login.
3. On the “Participant Services” page, select “Search and Register.”
4. On the “Online Search” page, type 2720 under “Keyword Search” and click “view.”
5. A list of webinars will populate. Select this webinar and follow the prompts.

Relevant Links:

• CDC and the Global Health Security Agenda
• Global Health Security Agenda
• CDC Healthcare-associated Infections (HAI)
• CDC International Activities to Combat AR
• WHO Core Components

Date: September 22, 2016

YouTube Video Link: Empowering Nurses for Early Sepsis Recognition [Pre-recorded Webinar – 1:01:40]

Description: This webinar features an overview of CDC’s sepsis Vital Signs report, a discussion on expanding sepsis early recognition, overview of a pilot of sepsis early recognition, and lessons learned from implementing sepsis screening on hospital wards.

Archived Registration Page: Empowering Nurses for Early Sepsis Recognition

Webinar Slides: Empowering Nurses Early Sepsis Recognition Webinar Slide Deck [PDF – 3.31 MB]

Detailed Continuing Education Information [PDF – 86 KB]

To obtain continuing education:

1. Access CDC’s Training and Continuing Education Online system.
2. Login as a new participant OR with your existing participant login.
3. On the “Participant Services” page, select “Search and Register.”
4. On the “Online Search” page, type 2720 under “Keyword Search” and click “view.”
5. A list of webinars will populate. Select this webinar and follow the prompts.

Relevant Links:

• New Jersey Sepsis Learning Action Collaborative – Toolkit for Post-Acute Care Settings
• CDC’s Sepsis Vital Signs
• Surviving Sepsis Campaign
• American Nursing Association’s CAUTI Prevention Tool
• ANA/APIC Resource Center

Date: September 13, 2016

YouTube Video Link: Advances in Sepsis: Protecting Patients Throughout the Lifespan [Pre-recorded Webinar – 58:47]

Description: This webinar discusses sepsis in acute care settings, septic shock guidelines for pediatrics, as well as sepsis in post-acute and long-term care settings.

Archived Registration Page: Advances in Sepsis: Protecting Patients Throughout the Lifespan

Webinar Slides: Advances in Sepsis: Protecting Patients Throughout the Lifespan [PDF – 4.92 MB]

Detailed Continuing Education Information [PDF
– 533 KB]

To obtain continuing education:

1. Access CDC’s Training and Continuing Education Online system.
2. Login as a new participant OR with your existing participant login.
3. On the “Participant Services” page, select “Search and Register.”
4. On the “Online Search” page, type 2720 under “Keyword Search” and click “view.”
5. A list of webinars will populate. Select this webinar and follow the prompts.

Relevant Links:

• CDC’s Sepsis Vital Signs
• Surviving Sepsis Campaign
• The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine
• Pediatric Septic Shock Collaborative
• The Rory Staunton Foundation – Rory’s Regulations

Date: August 29, 2016

YouTube Video Link: Invasive NTM Infections and Heater-Cooler Units [Pre-recorded Webinar – 1:00:06]

Description: This webinar features an expert panel who present evidence linking invasive Nontuberculous Mycobacterium (NTM) infections and exposure to heater-cooler units used during cardiac surgery, outline clinical manifestations of invasive NTM infections, describe diagnostic and treatment strategies for invasive NTM infections, and discuss steps to identify patients at risk, and steps to mitigate risk to patients.

Archived Registration Page: Invasive Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Infections Associated with Exposure to Heater-Cooler Units During Cardiac Surgery

Webinar Slides: Invasive Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Infections Associated with Exposure to Heater-Cooler Units during Cardiac Surgery [PDF – 3 MB]

Detailed Continuing Education Information [PDF – 256 KB]

To obtain continuing education:

1. Access CDC’s Training and Continuing Education Online system.
2. Login as a new participant OR with your existing participant login.
3. On the “Participant Services” page, select “Search and Register.”
4. On the “Online Search” page, type 2720 under “Keyword Search” and click “view.”
5. A list of webinars will populate. Select this webinar and follow the prompts.

Relevant Links:

• Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Infections (NTM) and Heater-Cooler Devices Interim Practical Guidance [PDF – 126 KB]
• FDA: Mycobacterium chimaera Infections Associated with Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH Stöckert 3T Heater-Cooler System: FDA Safety Communication
• Interim Guide for the Identification of Possible Causes of Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Infections Associated with Exposure to Heater-Cooler Units [PDF – 210 KB]
• FDA: 2016 Meeting Materials of the Circulatory System Devices Panel

Date: July 28, 2016

YouTube Video Link: Zika Virus – Implications for Pregnant Women [Pre-recorded Webinar – 41:54]

Description: This webinar discusses Zika virus and provides healthcare providers with information about educating their patients and pregnant women on the precautions they should take to avoid contracting the virus.

Archived Registration Page: Zika Virus: Implications for Pregnant Women

Webinar Slides: Zika Virus – Implications for Pregnant Women Slide Deck [PDF – 2.32 MB]

Detailed Continuing Education Information [PDF – 107 KB]

To obtain continuing education:

1. Access CDC’s Training and Continuing Education Online system.
2. Login as a new participant OR with your existing participant login.
3. On the “Participant Services” page, select “Search and Register.”
4. On the “Online Search” page, type 2783 under “Keyword Search” and click “view.”
5. A list of webinars will populate. Select this webinar and follow the prompts.

Relevant Links:

• CDC Zika website
• CDC Traveler’s Health: Zika Travel Information
• Preconception Counseling Clinical Tool [PDF – 3.38 MB]
• U.S. Zika Pregnancy Registry

Date: July 26, 2016

YouTube Video Link: Unsafe Injection Stories from the Field [Pre-recorded Webinar – 58:54]

Description: This webinar discusses unsafe injection practices and how injection practices can be improved in the medical field to better protect patients.

Archived Registration Page: Unsafe Injection Stories from the Field

Webinar Slides: Unsafe Injection Stories from the Field Webinar Speaker Slide Deck [PDF – 3.51 MB]

Detailed Continuing Education Information [PDF – 255 KB]

To obtain continuing education:

1. Access CDC’s Training and Continuing Education Online system.
2. Login as a new participant OR with your existing participant login.
3. On the “Participant Services” page, select “Search and Register.”
4. On the “Online Search” page, type 2720 under “Keyword Search” and click “view.”
5. A list of webinars will populate. Select this webinar and follow the prompts.

Relevant Links:

• CDC Injection Safety
• One & Only Campaign

Date: June 9, 2016

YouTube Video Link: Safe Injections in the Outpatient Oncology Setting: Protecting Your Patients and Your Practice [Pre-recorded Webinar – 58:33]

Description: This webinar focuses on the background, guidelines, and case studies regarding safe injection practices in the outpatient oncology setting.

Archived Registration Page: Safe Injections in the Outpatient Oncology Setting: Protecting Your Patients and Your Practice

Webinar Slides: Safe Injections in the Outpatient Oncology Setting: Protecting Your Patients and Your Practice [PDF – 2.10 MB]

Detailed Continuing Education Information [PDF – 2.10 MB]

To obtain continuing education:

1. Access CDC’s Training and Continuing Education Online system
2. Login as a new participant OR with your existing participant login.
3. On the “Participant Services” page, select “Search and Register.”
4. On the “Online Search” page, type 2720 under “Keyword Search” and click “view.”
5. A list of webinars will populate. Select this webinar and follow the prompts.

Relevant Links:

• CDC: Basic Infection Control and Prevention Plan for Outpatient Oncology Settings
• 3 Steps Toward Preventing Infections During Cancer Treatment
• CDC Preventing Infections in Cancer Patients
• CDC Injection Safety
• One and Only campaign