Chapter Activities
Several opportunities!
Nebraska Antimicrobial Stewardship Summit
Nebraska HHS is hosting the Nebraska Antimicrobial Stewardship Summit 7:30a-3:30a, May 31, 2024 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Omaha La Vista Hotel & Conference Center.
The Nebraska Antimicrobial Stewardship Summit: Smart Antibiotic Choices, Stronger Future will highlight the importance of antimicrobial stewardship and focus on implementation strategies to promote facility-wide incorporation and improved antimicrobial use and patient outcomes. www.regcytes.extension.iastate.edu/antimicrobial/
TARGET AUDIENCE
This accredited continuing education activity is designed for:
- Post-acute and long-term facilities: Long-term care providers, medical directors, infection preventionists, nurses, consultant pharmacists, directors of nursing, quality program leaders, and all other health care workers interested in improving the management of common infections through the incorporation of antimicrobial stewardship principles.
- Outpatient facilities and acute care hospitals: Family medicine providers, pharmacists, nurses, medical directors, quality program leaders, and all other health care workers interested in improving the management of common infections through the incorporation of antimicrobial stewardship principles.
TOPICS:
- Nebraska Antimicrobial Stewardship Update
- Nebraska Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Update
- Approaching a Reluctant Administration
- Universal Decolonization of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms
- Antimicrobial Stewardship at Transitions of Care
- Nurses – The Central Stewards of Antibiotic Safety
- Using Data to Drive Long-Term Care Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Antibiotic Myths – A Patient Case Based Panel
- Updates in Uncomplicated Gram-Negative Rod Bacteremia
- Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Focused Stewardship Initiatives: Shorter Is Better
- Using National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Antibiotic Use Data in Your Hospital
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
- This live activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
- This activity has been approved for ANCC contact hours.
- This live activity has been approved for ACPE contact hours.
Iowa Antimicrobial Stewardship Summit
Iowa HHS is hosting the Iowa Antimicrobial Stewardship Summit on March 28, 2024 at the Gateway Hotel and Conference Center in Ames, IA. This summit will highlight the importance of antimicrobial stewardship and focus on implementation strategies to promote facility-wide incorporation and improved antimicrobial use and patient outcomes for both humans and animals. Objectives include discussing antimicrobial stewardship principles and implementation strategies in the One Health era, identifying the roles and responsibilities of the multidisciplinary team involved in antimicrobial stewardship within multiple health care and veterinary settings, and describing how to utilize antimicrobial stewardship tools to promote the appropriate use of antimicrobials and improve patient outcomes for both humans and animals as well as reduce risks to the environment. For more information and to register, visit:
www.regcytes.extension.iastate.edu/antimicrobial/
Three tracks: Pharmacist, Healthcare Providers & Veterinarians
Iowa Infection Prevention and Control Conference – Save the date!!!
·May 7-8, 2024
·Ames Gateway Center, Ames, Iowa
·Vendor Hall – May 7th
·More details coming
Iowa HHS ECRI Webinar: Indwelling Devices
March 13th from 12 noon to 1 pm
Register at: FREE Infections Associated with Indwelling Devices (March 13, 2024): https://ecri.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9nYMWjTrTQWr7439SbZojg#/registration
Iowa HHS/ECRI Webinar Infection Prevention and Control Series
1 hour videos for frontline staff. They can be found on the Iowa HHS HAI website.
Available videos:
o Safe injection practices
o Hand hygiene basics
o Water management
o Developing a respiratory protection program
o How to find and select a disinfectant and audit for appropriate use
o Candida auris
o EVS best practices
o Adjunct disinfection techniques
o IPC in home care settings
o Animals in Healthcare
o Food Safety
o Dialysis – continue to receive CEs for 1 year
o Working with Patients in TBP or EBP
o Wounds
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