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Webinar:

The Joint Commission Standards and National Patient Safety Goals: Guidance for BSI Prevention, Monitoring and Outcomes On-Demand

This session will enable clinicians to understand the evolution of the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) and the formation of three specific NPSGs related to the prevention of health care association infections and prevention of central-line associated blood stream infections. The specific accreditation expectations will also be addressed for the prevention of central-line associated blood stream infections.

Special On Demand Viewing of May 12 Webinar Presentation
Available June 15 through July 31, 2009

Speakers

Webinar speaker:
Sylvia Garcia-Houchins, RN, MBA, CIC
Consultant, Joint Commission Resources, Inc.

Sylvia has now accumulated more than 25 years of experience in infection control in both hospital and long-term care settings, as well as eight years of clinical microbiology experience. She is currently the director of the infection control program at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Through the years, Sylvia has provided infection prevention and control consultation in a variety of healthcare settings, including hospitals, health clinics and dialysis center and training infection control practitioners.

Session Learning Objectives and Content Highlights

• Discuss the evolution and formation of National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG)
• Describe the formation of these three NPSGs.
  • NPSG: 07.03.01: Implement Evidence-based Practices to Prevent Health Care Associated Infections Due to Multiple Drug-resistant Organisms in Acute Care Hospitals
  • NPSG.07.04.01: Implement Best Practices or Evidence-based Guidelines to Prevent Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections
  • NPSG.07.05.01: Implement Best Practices for Preventing Surgical Site Infections
• Delineate specific accreditation expectations for NPSG.07.04.01