Monday, November 21, 2011

Overview of the National Healthcare Safety Network-Defining Healthcare Associated Infections, October 18, 2011

CME program: Overview of the National Healthcare Safety Network-Defining Healthcare Associated Infections
By Gwen Borlag, CIC, MPH, and
Ashlie Dowdell

Presented
Wednesday, October 18, 2011 – 12:00 noon – Mercy Medical Center

OBJECTIVES
Following this CME activity, participants to will be able to:
1. Identify the current CMS requirements for the IPPS hospitals
2. Identify the definitions for HAI per CDC NHSN

DISCLOSURES
Gwen Borlaug and Ashlie Dowdell disclose no financial relationships.
Planning Committee discloses no financial relationships.

TARGET AUDIENCE
Primary care physicians and other interested specialists and allied health professionals.

Certified for Category 1 credit through October 18, 2013.

Affinity Health System is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Affinity Health System designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Presentation Handout (Affinity access only)
    *  Please be patient. This is a large file that may take a moment to download.

More Handouts

CME Form (Affinity access only)

To receive credit for viewing this CME presentation, complete the CME Evaluations form and send to Carole Carrow at Mercy Medical Center. CME credit provided ONLY for AHS staff.

No Pre- or Post- Tests available for this program.

No PowerPoint with Audio for this program due to technical difficulties.

Audio File
Due to technical difficulties this month, we are unable to post the audio for this program.
Please contact the MMC Library (3-0340) for an AudioCD/data disc of this program.

System Requirements


Labels :  healthcare associated infections, catheter associated urinary tract infection, CAUTI, surgical site infections, SSI, central line associated blood stream infection, CLABSI, ventilator associated infection, VAP

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