About This Event Date: September 14, 2022 Time: 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Cost: $30 Add to Calendar 09/14/2022 08:00 AM 09/14/2022 01:00 PM America/Chicago Bugs, Bugs, Bugs: Resistance is Futile! <p data-block-key="jly18">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.</p>https://www.coxhealth.com/education/conferences/bugs-bugs-bugs-resistance-is-futile/ 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. To register Register here for Bugs, Bugs, Bugs: Resistance is Futile! Categories: Professional Education Bugs, Bugs, Bugs: Resistance is Futile! View All Program Agenda 0800-0830 Vendors (no contact hours)0830-0840: Welcome and Disclosures0840-0940: Knowing the Enemy: The Basics of Bacterial Resistance Mechanisms, How Microbiology Identifies Them, and How Antimicrobial Stewardship Aims to Prevent Their OccurrenceSpeakers: Daniel Hansen, PharmD, BCIP and Sandra Smalley, MT (ASCP)0940-1040: Best Practices of Water for Medical Device ReprocessingSpeaker: Rick Kaestner1040-1050: BREAK1050-1150: TBD1150-1250: Vaccine and mRNA technologySpeaker: Syed Naqvi, MD1250-1305: Instructions on Evaluations/Closing Faculty Daniel Hansen, PharmD, BCIDPInfectious Diseases Clinical Pharmacy SpecialistMercy Hospital SpringfieldRick KaestnerPresident, Absolute Water TechnologiesSyed Naqvi, MDPhysician, CoxHealth Infectious DiseaseSandra Smalley, MT (ASCP)Manager-Lab Operations, Microbiology LaboratoryMercy Hospital Springfield Planning Committee Jennifer Ballard, BSN, RN, CICSenior Infection Prevention SpecialistMercy Hospital SpringfieldWanda Bane, RN, BSNInfection Prevention Coordinator – Stewardship RN, CoxHealthBridget Gladman, RN, BSN, RNC-MNNEnterprise EducatorPrimary Nurse Planner, Education Center, CoxHealthJudy Hagan, BSN, RNInfection Preventionist, CoxHealthSandy Jastal, RN, BSNSenior Infection Prevention SpecialistMercy 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 #MO623-84.25 Nursing Contact hours available.