Upcoming:
Making Hand Hygiene the #1 Priority Among Healthcare Workers:
An Effective Approach to Change Healthcare Workers’ Behaviors
November 17, 2009, 11 a.m. to 12 noon U.S. EST
Medical experts, CDC and WHO agree that hand hygiene is the single most important step to prevent infection and transmission of multidrug resistant organisms in healthcare settings. Studies show that when healthcare providers improve their hand hygiene, healthcare associated infections (HAIs) are reduced. This webinar describes the Johns Hopkins Hospital’s hand hygiene promotion program. We will specifically discuss:
- Key elements of an effective hand hygiene promotion program
- How to monitor hand hygiene and report on compliance in formats that drive change in your hospital
- Barriers to obtaining 100% compliance with hand hygiene guidelines among your hospital staff
Speaker: Hanan Aboumatar, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Cost: $249 live webinar
Conducting Safe and Effective Kaizen Events in a Clinical Setting
December 3, 2009, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon EST
This webinar will cover the keys to safely and successfully conduct rapid improvement events, or Kaizens, in a clinical setting. Participants will learn how to optimize participation while respecting resource constraints, patient safety and other clinical considerations.
Speaker: Laura Winner, BSN, MBA, Lean Sigma Deployment Leader, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Cost: $249 live webinar
Past:
Six Steps to Prevent Surgical Site Infections
September 8, 2009, 11 a.m. to 12 noon U.S. EST
Overview of current best practices for improving perioperative safety which include: hair removal, antibiotic selection, ABX timing, ABX redosing, ABX discontinuation and normothermia. Glucose management for cardiac patients will also be discussed.
Speaker: Deborah B. Hobson, BSN, Quality Improvement Chairperson, Staff Nurse in the Johns Hopkins Hospital's Surgical Intensive Care Unit, and Patient Safety Clinical Specialist for the Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care.
Cost: $299 live webinar
Introduction to the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Unit-Based Patient Safety Program (CUSP)
August 4, 2009, 12 noon - 1 p.m. U.S. EST –
In 2002 Johns Hopkins instituted a program whereby staff (i.e., nurses, physicians, hospital administrators and other allied health care professionals) from different hospital units were empowered to work more closely and make changes to improve patient safety and quality of care. They were driven to work on one defect in the unit per month. Since the program started, we've expanded it to cover most of the hospital units and have seen significant declines in ventilated associated pneumonia, blood stream infection, reduction in the length of stay, among other improvements. This webinar will provide an introduction to CUSP.
Speaker: Lori Paine, RN, MS, Director of Patient Safety.
Cost: $299 live webinar
