Value: $600.00 Cost:

• General Registration: $300, or if you would like a printed copy of the presenter slides: $345
• Scholarship Recipient (includes a printed copy of the presenter slides): $0
• Event Planner/Presenter (includes a 'Road Show' unisex t-shirt, and admittance to the Optional Networking Open House Event at the end of Day One (if you would like a printed copy of the presenter slides: $45)

Additional options for both general registrants and scholarship recipients:

• 'Road Show' unisex t-shirt: $25
• Optional Networking Open House Event at the end of Day One: $20.00

Late registration starts on 10/6/2023: $300 with no option for a booklet, t-shirt, or the Optional Networking Open House Event at the end of Day One.

We welcome all nurses and any other healthcare providers interested in learning more about the core components of infection prevention and control in healthcare settings.

The Nebraska Infection Control Network (NICN) Primary Infection Prevention course offers a combination of lectures, discussions, and educational activities on the prevention and control of infections in various healthcare settings. The first day will focus on infection and prevention in all healthcare settings. Day two will focus on Acute Care Hospitals, Ambulatory Care & Surgical Centers.

Program Objectives:

• Choose at least one new infection control method to integrate into practice
• Discuss ways to prevent and stop the transmission of infection

In order to receive continuing education hours for this event, you must meet the following completion requirements:

• Attendance at the entire activity on both days
• Completion/submission of evaluation form

Tentative Agenda, speakers will be added soon:

Day One

7:30am-8:00am: Registration, Networking

8:00am- 8:30am: Basic Microbiology

8:30am-9:00am: Hand Hygiene

9:00am-9:30am: Personal Protective Equipment

9:30am-9:45am: Break

9:45am-10:25am: Respiratory Protection Plan Implementation

10:25am-11:15am: Infection Prevention Risk Assessment

11:15am-11:45am: The IP educator: Tips on Teaching Adults

11:45am-12:15pm: Lunch

12:15pm-1:05pm: Environmental Cleaning

1:05pm-1:55pm: Waterborne Pathogens

1:55pm-2:05pm: Break

2:05pm-2:50pm: Infection Prevention in Health Care Providers

2:50pm-3:40pm: Nebraska Public Health

3:40pm-3:50pm: Break

3:50pm- 4:20pm: Transmission-Based Precautions

4:20pm-4:50pm: Injection Safety and Point of Care Testing

4:50pm-5:00pm: Evaluation

Day Two:

8:00am-8:55am: High-Level Disinfection and Endoscopy Issues

8:55am-9:45am: Healthcare Associated Infection in Acute Care Settings

9:45am-10:00am: Break (15 min)

10:00am-10:50am: HAI Surveillance and Data Analysis

10:50am-11:40am: Regulatory Preparation and Response

11:40am-12:20pm: Lunch (40 min)

12:20pm-1:10pm: Sterilization

1:10pm-2:05pm: Antimicrobial Stewardship Inpatient, ED, Ambulatory

2:05pm-2:15pm: Break (10 min)

2:15pm-2:55pm: Infection Prevention in Ambulatory Care: “Door to Door”

2:55pm-3:00pm: Set up room for Workshop

3pm-3:50pm: Workshop

3:50pm-4:00pm: Evaluation

Disclaimer:

All content provided here is for educational and informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for individualized professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Nothing contained herein establishes or shall be used to establish a standard of care.

Nebraska Methodist College Professional Development awards educational contact hours to the disciplines listed below. Each professional is accountable to understand their accrediting/licensing body's standards and requirements. The definitive source of information on continuing education requirements is your state or national regulatory board.

Nurses: 14.5 contact hours awarded. Midwest Multistate Division Provider Approval #NE1025-1. Nebraska Methodist College Professional Development is approved with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Midwest Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Education Credit: 14.5 Education hours. Nebraska Methodist College Professional Development assigns education hours based on 60 minutes of classroom instruction for each offering. Participants may use these for their professional continuing education hours and toward re-licensure if so approved within the standards and guidelines of their discipline.

Name: Dr. Muhammad Ashraf

Name of Ineligible Company: Merck & Co. Inc

Nature of Relationship with Ineligible Company: Principal Investigator of investigator-initiated research grant from Merck & Co. Inc

All of the relevant financial relationships listed have been mitigated

Name: Dr. Mark Rupp

Name of Ineligible Company: Teleflex, 3M, Citius Pharmaceutical, Medpace/Armata Pharmaceuticals. ContraFect

Nature of Relationship with Ineligible Company: Consultant, Site PI, Scientific Advisory Board, Clinical Trail Data Adjudication Committee

All of the relevant financial relationships listed have been mitigated

There are no other relevant financial relationships to disclose.

This activity is being jointly provided by Nebraska Methodist College Professional Development, Nebraska Infection Control Network (NICN), and Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program (ICAP).