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Description
- Recall that the infection preventionist must be appointed by the board
- Recall that CMS has an infection control worksheet that may be helpful to CAHs
- Discuss that insulin pens can only be used on one patient
- Describe that an order is needed to allow the patient to self administer medications
- Explain that there are three-time frames in which to administer medications
- Discuss that CMS requires that a plan of care be done
Agenda
Infection control
- Final changes to infection control
- Antibiotic stewardship requirements
- Infection control worksheet
- CDC and FDA health update
- Investigating and controlling infections
- Following national recognized standards and guidelines
- Healthcare-associated infections
- Four challenges in infection control; MDRO, ambulatory care, communicable diseases, and bioterrorism
- Infection control websites
- Infection control orientation new employees
- Surveillance, sanitary environment, and mitigation of risks
- Role of leaders in infection control
- Infection control officer
Safe Medication
- Preparation and administration
- 10 CDC Safe Injection Practices
- CMS IC worksheet and safe injections
- Single and multi-dose vials
- Fingerstick devices, scopes, glucometers, insulin pens
Patient Services
- Diagnostic and therapeutic services
- Supplies
Outpatient Services
- Outpatient department
- Outpatient director
- Final changes
- Board and MS action
Lab
Nursing
- Nursing care
- Final changes
- Observation of med passes/nursing care
- Changes in observation guidelines
- Nursing care plans
- RN for each patient
- RN supervising care
- Drugs and IVs
- Timing of medications
- High alert drugs
- Safe opioid use
- Sedation scales
- IV medications
- Blood and blood products
- Verbal orders
- Verbal order policy
- Culture of questioning
- Medication passes
- Nursing care plan
Speaker
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD, is the president of Patient Safety and Healthcare Consulting and Education company with a focus on medical-legal education especially Joint Commission and the CMS hospital CoPs regulatory compliance. She also lectures on legal, risk management, and patient safety issues. She was a director for risk management and patient safety for five years for the Doctors Company. Sue Dill Calloway was the past VP of legal services at a community hospital in addition to being the privacy officer and the compliance officer. She was a medical malpractice defense attorney for ten years. She has 3 nursing degrees in addition to a law degree.
Sue Dill Calloway is a well-known lecturer and the first one in the country to be a certified professional in CMS. She also teaches the course for the CMS certification program. She has written 102 books and thousands of articles.