Bugs, Bugs, Bugs: Resistance is Futile!

About This Event

Date: September 14, 2022 - This event has expired.

Time: 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Cost: $30.00

Virtual

Please join us for a virtual seminar sponsored by CoxHealth Education Center and the Southwest MO Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). Seminar goals are to provide education on prevention and technology for various diseases. Dynamic topic presentations will include food safety, water safety, vaccine and mRNA technology and antibiotic stewardship.

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Categories: Professional Education

Bugs, Bugs, Bugs: Resistance is Futile

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Program Agenda

0800-0830 Vendors

0830-0840: Welcome and Disclosures

0840-0940: The Science of Compliance

Speaker: Linda Homan, RN, BSN, RNC-CIC

0940-1040: Knowing the Enemy

Speaker: Daniel Hansen, PharmD, BCIP

1040-1050: BREAK

1050-1150: Best Practices of Water for Medical Device Reprocessing

Speaker: Rick Kaestner, MPA

1150-1250: mRNA Vaccinology and Impact on Infectious Diseases

Speaker: Syed Suhaib Naqvi, MD

1250-1305: Instructions on Evaluations/Closing

Faculty

Daniel Hansen, PharmD, BCIDP

Infectious Diseases Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Mercy Hospital Springfield

Linda Homan, RN, BSN, CIC

Global Director, Clinical Affairs
Ecolab Healthcare & Lifesciences

Rick Kaestner

President, Absolute Water Technologies

Syed Naqvi, MD

Physician, CoxHealth Infectious Disease

Planning Committee

Jennifer Ballard, BSN, RN, CIC

Senior Infection Prevention Specialist
Mercy Hospital Springfield

Wanda Bane, RN, BSN

Infection Prevention Coordinator – Stewardship RN, CoxHealth

Bridget Gladman, RN, BSN, RNC-MNN

Enterprise Educator
Primary Nurse Planner, Education Center, CoxHealth

Judy Hagan, BSN, RN

Infection Preventionist, CoxHealth

Sandy Jastal, RN, BSN

Senior Infection Prevention Specialist
Mercy Hospital Springfield

Educational Credits

CoxHealth Education Center is approved 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. Midwest MSD Provider Approval #MO623-8

4.25 Nursing Contact hours available.