Wednesday, August 26

12:25 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
The Year of Infection Prevention: 2020 (1 Hour)

This session will discuss how infection prevention and control measures became commonplace and how nursing homes can best approach their effective implementation.

Dr. Kavita Trivedi, MD - Trivedi Consults, LLC

1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
COVID-19 Update from the CDC (1 Hour)

Dr. Nimalie Stone, MD - Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention

2:35 p.m. - 3:25 p.m.
COVID-19 Challenges in Post Acute and Long Term Care (1 Hour)

The presentation will review the nursing homes experience regarding lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, the short and long term impact of COVID-19 on staff and residents and how to prepare for the future waves of the pandemic.

Dr. Ghinwa Dumyati, MD - University of Rochester

Reducing Med Cart Risk in a Post COVID World (1 Hour)

This presentation focuses on how facilities and nurses can manage their medication cart to effectively facilitate medication administration while reducing the risk of Covid-19 transmission

Michael Collins - Metro Rx Consulting

Cleaning the environment is important; Did we forget that? (1 Hour)

This presentation will discuss enhance environmental cleaning and disinfecting as a defense for COVID-19 and other infectious pathogens, as well as how environmental staff can impact patient outcomes that ultimately lead to a positive experience.

Dr. Rosie Lyles, MD, MHA, MSc, FACA - Medline Industries, Inc

CDPH HAI Infection Prevention Assessments in Preparation and Response to COVID-19 (1 Hour)

This presentation will review common gaps in practices and recommendations to COVID-19 prevention in California Skilled Nursing Facilities.

Vicki Keller, RN, MSN, PHN, CIC - CDPH

Build Infection Prevention Knowledge through QAPI (1 Hour)

Now more than ever all persons need to be fluent in infection prevention. As clinicians, Infection Preventionists and DONs, we have to review infection control processes, identify weaknesses and respond to improve outcomes. Discuss building infection prevention knowledge within the facility and across all facilities and learn how QAPI improves infection prevention.

DeAnn Walters, NHA – CAHF

Maintaining Infection Control During an Emergency (1 Hour)

Maintaining infection control during a disaster takes preparation, knowledge, and action to minimize the risk to residents. Find out what it takes to protect your residents and how we can create safe space and practices during an emergency or disaster.

Jason Belden - CAHF

Management of Antibiotics in COVID-19 Infections (1 Hour)

This session will describe highlights in management of COVID-19 infections focusing on the appropriate use of antibiotics.

Dr. Kavita Trivedi, MD - Trivedi Consults, LLC

Regulatory Review of Infection Prevention Resources (1 Hour)

This presentation will identify current IC resources and discuss ways to create a tracker to monitor the current standard by topic.

Patti Owens, LVN - CAHF 

Establishing an Infection Prevention Program and Conducting Ongoing Infection Surveillance in the Nursing Home (1 Hour)

Participants of this webinar will be able to identify the basic components of an infection prevention program in the nursing home setting, describe the best-practice strategies needed to establish a program and understand the key elements necessary for ongoing infection prevention surveillance. An update on current QIO work will be provided.

Alisa Ritea, RN, BSN – HSAG
Rose Chen, MPH, RD – HSAG

Outbreak Epidemiology - Line Lists and Beyond (1 Hour)

This presentation will discuss how to track epidemiologic information during an outbreak (COVID and other). Learn how to develop a line list and use epidemiologic data to investigate an outbreak and prevent future infections.

Kelsey Oyong, MPH - Los Angeles County Department of Public Health